Ranipet: A 50-year-old truck driver died after his vehicle toppled and crashed into a pit on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) near Vannivedu hamlet in Walajah, Ranipet district, on Tuesday.

The police identified the driver as S Velusamy who is a resident of Karur. Initial inquiry by police revealed that the accident happened at 5.30 a.m., when Velusamy was driving from Bengaluru to Chennai. Officers suspect that he dozed off while driving, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. The truck drove off the road and crashed into a roadside pit.

Velusamy died on the spot and motorists passing by noticed the overturned vehicle. They alerted the Walajah police. Police personnel arranged for the lorry to be lifted from the pit.

The body of the truck driver has been sent to the Governmen

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