3 killed as bus rams car in Dharapuram

Tirupur: Three people were killed after a Tnstc bus rammed a car at Kathapullapatti here on Thursday.The deceased were identified as K Suresh Pandi, 36, of Pallapatti in Nilakottai in Dindigul district, J Joe Grin Valan, 22, of Kottur in Dindigul and S Sivanesan, 24, of Batlagundu in Dindigul.Suresh was running an electrical firm in Madurai, police sources said. “He had taken up contract work in a building in Mettupalayam here and was transporting three of his staff to the work site in a car. T Raja Pandi, 26, of Nilakottai, a relative of Suresh, was at the wheel. When they reached Kathapullapatti on Dharapuram-Tirupur Road, a Tnstc bus plying between Coimbatore and Madurai hit the car. Its rear portion was damaged in the impact,” a police officer said.Suresh, Joe, and Sivanesan were killed on the spot. Raja, who sustained injuries, was rushed to the Dharapuram Government Hospital.As construction work was going on the Dharapuram-Tirupur Road, one-way traffic was implemented, police sources said. “The resulting congestion led to the accident,” the officer added.The bodies were handed over to the families after postmortem.The Dharapuram police have registered a case.