Despite previous accidents and court orders, banners and hoardings in Tamil Nadu continue to be a menace, irrespective of their sizes. This time, a 13-year-old boy, who is the only son of his parents, died after being electrocuted by an advertisement-hoarding of a bank in Cuddalore district.
According to the police, Dinesh Kumar, a class nine student, was on his way back home in Kullanchavadi from a Primary Health Centre at Ambalavananpettai, around three kilometres away. He was running a fever on Friday and hence had visited the Primary Health Centre.
As he was riding his bicycle, he was trying to avoid a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. While trying to move out of the vehicle’s way, he allegedly lost his balance and came in contact with a pole on which the advertisement hoarding was mounted.