3 killed in two road accidents in Trichy

TRICHY: Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Trichy.

R Mohammed Ali, 46, from Pandian Nagar near Melur and S Sadiq Ali, 54, of Masthan Street in Manapparai were going on a two-wheeler. They were crossing the Trichy - Madurai national highway near Punjabi Dhaba in Thuvarankurichi, when a car collided with the bike. Both Mohammed and Sadiq fell on the road. Sadiq Ali died on the spot with severe injuries on his head. Mohammed Ali was also severely injured.

The Thuvarankurichi police and the locals rushed the injured to the government headquarters hospital in Manapparai, but he was declared brought dead. The postmortem on the two bodies was performed on Friday.

Police have booked a case against the driver of the car, M Sardar, 50, of Chinnsamy Nagar in Thennur. They also seized the car.

In another accident, N Kamaraj, 55, was killed after an unidentified vehicle hit him at Soorampatti on Wednesday night. The Musiri police said that Kamaraj fell down and died on the spot. The body was sent to the government hospital in Manapparai. The accused was on the run.


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