A State Transport Corporation bus conductor Natarajan 
(52) of Ambalur village, near Vaniyambadi in Vellore district, was 
killed when he fell from the footboard of a town bus plying between 
Krishnagiri and Mathur on Wednesday. The incident took place when the 
bus was on its way to Mathur near Chinnapanagamutlu on the 
Krishnagiri-Pudhucherry National Highway.
It was said that Natarajan was hanging on the footboard cautioning others to get into the bus.
He
 sustained head injuries and was brought to the Government Headquarter’s
 Hospital in Krishnagiri and was later referred to Government Medical 
College Hospital in Dharmapuri.
Kandikuppam police have registered a case and are investigating.