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Man dies in Coimbatore road accident

COIMBATORE: A 61-year-old man was run over by a tipper truck on the Trichy Road in Coimbatore on Thursday morning.

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The deceased has been identified as K Nandagopal of Uppilipalayam.

He was travelling on the Trichy Road towards the west direction on a motorcycle. A tipper truck hit the motorcycle from behind, and Nandagopal fell on the road. He came under the wheels of the truck. The truck driver applied a sudden brake. However, Nandagopal was run over by the truck. His head was smashed.

School children who were travelling in a van were shocked on seeing the accident in front of them.

The traffic investigation wing (east) police sent the dead body to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem. The police registered a case against the tipper truck driver.

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