Truck driver suffers heart attack, averts mishap by parking vehicle before collapsing in his seat
A 55-year-old truck driver who suffered a sudden heart attack saved several road users by safely parking the vehicle on the Chennai Bengaluru highway near Sriperumbudur before his demise on Friday. According to the Kancheepuram district police, Selvam was a driver hailing from Chembarambakkam near Poonamallee in Tiruvallur district. However within a few minutes of parking the vehicle, Selvam died in the driver’s seat.
- ▪A 55-year-old truck driver who suffered a sudden heart attack saved several road users by safely parking the vehicle on the Chennai Bengaluru highway near Sriperumbudur before his demise on Friday.
- ▪According to the Kancheepuram district police, Selvam was a driver hailing from Chembarambakkam near Poonamallee in Tiruvallur district.
- ▪However within a few minutes of parking the vehicle, Selvam died in the driver’s seat.
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A 55-year-old truck driver who suffered a sudden heart attack saved several road users by safely parking the vehicle on the Chennai Bengaluru highway near Sriperumbudur before his demise on Friday. According to the Kancheepuram district police, Selvam was a driver hailing from Chembarambakkam near Poonamallee in Tiruvallur district. On Friday, after loading paint consignment from a private company in the Sriperumbudur SIPCOT industrial estate onto a small goods vehicle and unloading the cargo near Ponthur, Selvam was driving along the Chengalpattu - Sriperumbudur Road when he had severe chest pain.Despite suffering a heart attack, Selvam acted with presence of mind and managed to park the vehicle safely on the roadside, thereby ensuring the safety of other road users.
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