Health officials have advised the public to avoid unnecessary travel between 10am and 3 pm, as the heat wave is expected to worsen in the coming days.
According to school education department officials, a total of 22,478 students appeared for the examinations in Erode, of whom 22,225 passed.
Police identified the accident victims as Jeevan Prasad, 17, son of Chinnadurai Poonaikkal Medu, and Dev, 18, son of Manikandan from Kamaraj Nagar in Bhavani.