Software engineer killed in mishap at Metro rail site

A 31 year-old software engineer was killed after an iron rod at a Metro rail construction site fell on him at suburban Alandur today.

Police identified the victim as L Giridharan, who was on his way to work, and said he was killed on the spot when the rod fell on him.

His body was taken to a nearby government hospital for post-mortem.

The incident caused a traffic hold-up for some time on the busy GST Road.