– Mukesh died instantly.
– his friend S. Krishnamurthy (31), also from Bengaluru, sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized at Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvannamalai.
– Minor injuries were reported among passengers of the bus crew and commuters who escaped significant harm.
India faces growing concerns over road safety due to increasing accidents on highways, as evidenced by this tragic loss of life on an intercity road notorious for heavy traffic flow-the puducherry-Bengaluru Highway Road maintained by State Highways authorities. The initial inquiry suggests driver control issues may have caused this accident, exposing potential challenges such as infrastructure quality or driver fatigue often raised about similar routes nationwide.
While swift rescue efforts by passersby demonstrate social solidarity in emergencies and rapid hospitalizations limit casualties here-such fatal collisions highlight persistent gaps requiring prioritization combat elsewhere mixed-frequency updates reshaping true public Safe actionable effort steps via ensuring cultivating preventative measures supportive collaboration entailed active users entire read sheared roads platforms taken fair justice futureward address input
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