CHENNAI: Seven of a family, including two children, died in a road accident when a lorry rammed a car, in which they were travelling, in Pakkiripalayam bypass road near Chengam in Tamil Nadu‘s Tiruvannamalai district. A lone survivor, a woman, is undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Tiruvannamalai.
One of the deceased, identified as Sathish, from Tumkur in Karnataka, along with his wife, two children, two brothers-in-law and parents-in-law, offered worship at Angalaparameswari temple in Melmalayanur in Villupuram district and were returning to Bengaluru in the car. When the car was traveling on the Pakkiripalayam bypass road there was a head-on collision with a lorry leaving seven of the eight passengers dead.
Immediately, local residents rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them. But as the car was badly smashed, recovering the bodies proved a tough task for them. After police reached the spot, they recovered the bodies with the help of mechanical instruments. Sathish’s wife C Kaviya alone was alive inside the car and was fighting for life.
Immediately, Kaviya was rescued and taken to the government hospital in Tiruvannamalai. Chengam police filed a case and are investigating. Chengam police are in the process of collecting the information of the deceased through their relatives.
Meanwhile, condoling the incident chief minister M K Stalin announced Rs 2 lakh as ex gratia for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for Kaviya undergoing treatment.
One of the deceased, identified as Sathish, from Tumkur in Karnataka, along with his wife, two children, two brothers-in-law and parents-in-law, offered worship at Angalaparameswari temple in Melmalayanur in Villupuram district and were returning to Bengaluru in the car. When the car was traveling on the Pakkiripalayam bypass road there was a head-on collision with a lorry leaving seven of the eight passengers dead.
Immediately, local residents rushed to the spot and tried to rescue them. But as the car was badly smashed, recovering the bodies proved a tough task for them. After police reached the spot, they recovered the bodies with the help of mechanical instruments. Sathish’s wife C Kaviya alone was alive inside the car and was fighting for life.
Immediately, Kaviya was rescued and taken to the government hospital in Tiruvannamalai. Chengam police filed a case and are investigating. Chengam police are in the process of collecting the information of the deceased through their relatives.
Meanwhile, condoling the incident chief minister M K Stalin announced Rs 2 lakh as ex gratia for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for Kaviya undergoing treatment.
