Coimbatore: A resident of 40-year-old Lakshmipuram and his eight-year-old son was fatally hit by the TNSTC bus at Trichy Road in Saranallur on Friday.
The deceased was identified as a dress dress Kuchi Naidu, a supervisor’s assistant in the garment unit in Tirupur, and his son, Prince Gladwin, who was a class III student from the Matriculation of St Joseph higher in the ondipudur.Sebastian, his wife and two sons, had left their home in over motorbikes on Friday morning.
The youngest son of Franklin, a UKG student, was sitting in the gas tank.
Sebastian’s wife, who works for Shanthi’s social service in Sidakalur, sitting in the back seat with the prince.
“After dropping his wife in his office, Sebastian and children were heading to school.
When they reached Theater Jai Shanthi at Trichy Road, Sebastian lost control of the vehicle.
Sebastian and Prince fell on the right side of the vehicle and under the wheels of the city bus TNSTC between Ag Pudur and Idle.
They die in place.
Franklin, who fell on the left side of the vehicle, suffered a minor injury, “said a police officer.
East TIW police registered a case against the bus driver.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) S Senthilkumar checked the crash site.