MADURAI: Three people died when a light commercial vehicle they were travelling in rammed the rear side of a tractor near
Palani
in
Dindigul
district of
Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as P Moorthy, 50, C Arasan, 18, and V Raja, 28, from Vishvanathapuram in Oddanchatram.
Moorthy had taken the vehicle on rent from a fellow villager and gone to Coimbatore district. The accident happened at Chinnakavundanpudur near Ayyampalayam when they were returning to Vishvanathapuram.
Moorthy and Arasan died on the spot. Raja, who suffered injuries, was sent to Palani government hospital, from where he was referred to Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. He died on the way to Madurai hospital.
The driver of the tractor, Krishnamoorthy, 50, escaped unhurt. P Dharman, who was travelling on the tractor, sustained a head injury. He was treated in Palani Government Hospital.