COIMBATORE: Three youngsters died after a car in which they were travelling rammed a town bus on
Mettupalayam Road
near
Vellakinaru Pirivu
on Wednesday.
Police said four youths-
Askar Ali, 22,
Manikandan, 21, Mohammed Shahith, 19 and Manikandan, 26, were returning to the city from Ooty. When the car reached Mettupalayam Road around 5.30pm, it came in contact with a two-wheeler.
Askar Ali, 22, who was on the wheels, applied the brake but lost control of the vehicle as he was driving at a high speed. The car hit and jumped the median and rammed a town bus coming from the opposite direction.
Thudiyalur police said Askar Ali, Manikandan and Mohammed Shahith died on the spot. Manikandan escaped with injuries and was admitted in a private hospital.
Askar Ali, of
Sivananda Colony
, worked in a private car showroom. Manikandan was working as a mechanic in a transport company and Mohammed Shahith was a second year student in a private college. Their parents were informed about the accident.
Police said they will register a case. "There are several eyewitnesses to the accident and we will record their statements. We will register a case and hand over the bodies after postmortem," said a police officer.
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