Five of family including two women killed in a road accident in Karur
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as S. Selvaraj, 50, a native of Gandhi Nagar in Sugunapuram East in Coimbatore district; his wife, S. Kalayarasi, 45; their daughter, S. Akalya, 25; their son, S. Arun, 22; and the car driver, Vishnu, 24, a resident of Villarasanpatti in Erode district.
The car they were traveling in was on the Karur-Tiruchy National Highway near Kulithalai when it collided head-on with a TNSTC bus heading towards Tiruppur from Aranthangi in Pudukottai district via Tiruchy.
In the impact, the car was crushed under the lower part of the bus, leaving it completely wrecked. All five occupants, including the driver, died on the spot after being trapped in the wreckage.
Upon receiving information, the Kulithalai police, with the help of fire and rescue service personnel, worked for about 1.5 hours to recover the bodies from the mangled vehicle. The police then sent the bodies to the Kulithalai Government District Headquarters Hospital for post-mortem examination.
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