Three college students die in road accident near Erode

ERODE: Three college students died and four others sustained injuries when a car rammed a pickup van in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Friday night.

The deceased have been identified as P Mukil Nivas, 22, D Dharmesh, 19, and E Rohith, 18. All were from Karungalpalayam in Erode city.

The accident happened when the trio and their friends S Sathish Kumar, 37, P Srinivas, 17, and S Aathi, 22, were returning to Erode from Thalavadi.

When they neared Puduvadavalli on the Sathyamangalam-Mysuru National Highway, Mukil Nivas, who was driving the car, attempted to overtake a vehicle and rammed a pickup van coming from the opposite direction.

Seven people, including the pickup van driver S Sivakumar, 35, of Mettur, sustained injuries. Police rushed them to the government hospital in Sathyamangalam.

Mukil Nivas, Rohith, and Dharmesh succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment.

Sathyamangalam police registered a case.


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