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3 killed as bus rams car in Dharapuram

Tirupur: Three people were killed after a Tnstc bus rammed a car at Kathapullapatti here on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as K Suresh Pandi, 36, of Pallapatti in Nilakottai in Dindigul district, J Joe Grin Valan, 22, of Kottur in Dindigul and S Sivanesan, 24, of Batlagundu in Dindigul.

Suresh was running an electrical firm in Madurai, police sources said.

“He had taken up contract work in a building in Mettupalayam here and was transporting three of his staff to the work site in a car. T Raja Pandi, 26, of Nilakottai, a relative of Suresh, was at the wheel. When they reached Kathapullapatti on Dharapuram-Tirupur Road, a Tnstc bus plying between Coimbatore and Madurai hit the car. Its rear portion was damaged in the impact,” a police officer said.

Suresh, Joe, and Sivanesan were killed on the spot. Raja, who sustained injuries, was rushed to the Dharapuram Government Hospital.

As construction work was going on the Dharapuram-Tirupur Road, one-way traffic was implemented, police sources said. “The resulting congestion led to the accident,” the officer added.

The bodies were handed over to the families after postmortem.

The Dharapuram police have registered a case.

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