A 55-year-old woman was killed after a bike taxi on which she was travelling lost balance near a sunken trench on Cross Cut Road in Coimbatore city around 6 a.m. on Sunday (October 25, 2026). The portion of the road had been dug up for the 24x7 drinking water project and backfilled, but the soil reportedly sank following the rain. The accident occurred when the rider drove on the wrong side of a one-way stretch and encountered an uneven patch of road after rain.
According to the police, the deceased, Thara, was travelling from Vadavalli to the Gandhipuram bus stand on a bike taxi. When the rider encountered the sunken portion of the road, he lost control of the two-wheeler, causing both of them to fall. Thara sustained a head injury in the fall and died, police said.
Corporation officials said the portion of the road dug up for the 24x7 drinking water project had been backfilled and the work completed last month. The stretch had been handed over to the State Highways Department for road restoration. Following the accident, the Corporation filled the sunken portion of the dug-up stretch with concrete.
Published - October 25, 2026 09:58 pm IST