5 cops hurt as patrol vehicle hits wall

CHENNAI: Five policemen on night patrol sustained injuries after the driver of their vehicle smashed into a parapet wall and the vehicle overturned near

Maraimalai Nagar

on Tuesday night. Police said the policemen Karthik, Sunder, Selvam, Satish and Murugan were on night rounds and had gone up to

Singperumal Koil

when the incident took place. Passersby and police rushed the injured men to a private hospital in Potheri where they are being treated. Some of them sustained injuries on their shoulders and others in their arms and legs

Police said the policemen were attached to the Maraimalai Nagar station and were asked to beef up security along

GST Road

in the wake of increasing crimes and to carry out vehicle checks to nab habitual offenders and chain snatchers. The five men had completed vehicle checks and had gone up to

Singaperumal Koil

on receiving information about the movement of a gang of criminals in that area. When they could not trace them they decided to comb the area near

Vandalur

and Maraimalai Nagar when the accident occurred.

Police said the five were out of danger and would be discharged soon.

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