Two killed in moped accident

Coimbatore: Two people were killed after a moped in which they were travelling, collided head on with a vehicle on Annur– Avinashi road on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as N Nandagopal Krishnan, 41, from Vadakanur near Annur, and R Anandakumar, 37, from Kanjapalli near Annur. Police said Nandagopal was working as a junior engineer of TNSTC.

The duo was heading towards Avinashi from Annur. Nandagopal was riding the vehicle. When they reached Nariyampalli, a vehicle coming from the opposite direction collided with the moped. The driver of the vehicle managed to escape while Nandagopal and Anandakumar died on the spot.TNN