Three killed, five hurt in different road mishaps in Karur and Tiruchy districts

Karur: Three persons including two women were killed and five others injured in two different road accidents in Karur and Tiruchy districts on Saturday. Police said that two women were killed and five others including three men were injured when the car in which they were travelling overturned in a roadside ditch at Attayamparappu village near Karur in the wee hours of Saturday.

The occupants of the car hail from Tenkasi in Tirunelveli district and were on their way to Bengaluru when the accident occurred. The deceased were identified as Mrs Papathi (57) who died on the spot and Mrs Sornam, (70), who died on his way to hospital. The injured Dharmar (53) and his wife Saroja (50), their relatives Madasamy (51) Mrs Saraswathy (54) and car driver Anilkumar were admitted to a private hospital at Karur, police added.

Pasupathipalayam police registered a case and are investigating.
In the other accident, a 40-year-old contract labourer of BHEL was killed on the spot when a lorry knocked him down along with his two-wheeler at Valadi village on the Tiruchy-Ariyalur highway near Tiruchy on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as M. Senthilkumar of Lalgudi. He was on his way to BHEL, when a Madurai-bound lorry hit him as he had attempted to avoid hitting some cattle that crossed the road suddenly, police said.