College students killed in hit and run, truck driver held

Trichy: Two college students died after their two-wheeler was hit by a container truck near Musiri in Trichy district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as S Maheswar Thayal, 19, a BSc student at a private college in Trichy, and his friend R Arul Muthukumaran, 20, a BSc student at a private college in Musiri. According to police sources, the two youths were heading home on a two-wheeler in the early hours of Wednesday. While approaching Seriyampattimedu on the Musiri-Thuraiyur state highway, a container truck coming from the opposite direction collided with their vehicle. Thayal and Arul suffered critical injuries and died on the spot. The truck escapedMusiri police recovered the bodies, and transported them to the Musiri government hospital for postmortem. Police obtained CCTV footage, noted the truck's registration number, and traced the vehicle to A Senthilkumar from Dindigul district. Following the truck's route, they arrested Senthilkumar on Thursday. He was later produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.Senthilkumar was booked under sections 281 and 106(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rash and negligent driving causing death.