Chennai: The accident at Egmore on Thursday night has led to the discovery of eight pieces of ivory and deer horns, whose sales are banned, from Tata Nano.
It was included between Mercedes Benz, the autorickshaw and three bikes involved in the incident and owned by Wilson, a businessman now at the Royapettah Government Hospital (GRH).
Around 11pm, police said Mercedes (09 BL 6105) with S v Radhakrishnan, 57, on the steering wheel, slammed into three bicycles, crashing into nano and crashing into nano before crashing into a median at Casa Major Road and stopped.
CCTV cameras in showrooms in places capture the entire episode.
Anna Square’s traffic smuggling team came and took Radhakrishnan, a lawyer who practiced at Madras High Court, to the Kilpuk Medical College and Hospital.
Radhakrishnan, who told the police that he returned from a party thrown by a friend at YMCA, Nandanam, was ordered to drive under the influence of alcohol.
He escaped with a minor injury thanks to the airbag in the car.
Egmore Resident Wilson suffered several broken legs and his two daughters and their friends fled with a minor injury.
Three people in the autorickshaw and two of the three cyclists were also injured.
A team led by Egmore Inspector J Chelpa began to ask.
A forest official team led by Murugadoss Range Officer took illegal products to the forest office in Velachery.