Pedestrian fatally knocked down by MTC bus in Chennai

An unidentified pedestrian was killed after being knocked down by a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus near Madhya Kailash junction in Adyar on Tuesday (October 20, 2026) night. 

A senior official of the City Traffic police said a man, aged about 45 years, was crossing the Rajiv Gandhi Salai near the Kasturba Nagar railway station of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) when a bus (no. 49F) being operated from Pattinapakkam to Poonamallee was taking a left turn at the junction. The pedestrian who was crossing the road was hit by the speeding bus around 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The man was killed on the spot. 

The Mylapore Traffic Investigation police have detained John Thomas (33), the driver of the MTC bus for causing the death of the pedestrian.