Two women killed in road accident; 15 others injured admitted at Ramanathapuram and Madurai GH
A road accident on the Madurai-Dhanushkodi fourway lane resulted in the deaths of two women and injuries to 15 others. The victims were traveling in a goods auto that was struck by a lorry while returning from a condolence event. The police have arrested the lorry driver and are conducting further investigations into the incident.
- ▪Two women were killed in a road accident involving a goods auto and a lorry.
- ▪Fifteen others were injured and taken to hospitals in Ramanathapuram and Madurai.
- ▪The group was returning from a condolence event in Paramakudi when the accident occurred.
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In a tragic incident, two women were killed when the goods auto in which they were travelling was hit by a lorry on the Madurai-Dhanushkodi fourway lane on Monday.Police said that 15 others, including women, were injured in the accident and they were taken in 108 ambulance to Ramanathapuram GH and to Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai.Preliminary inquiries revealed that the group of men and women had hired an auto to participate in a condolence in Paramakudi.After attending, when they were returning home, the goods auto was hit by the lorry on the four way stretch. In the impact, all the 15 occupants were thrown off the vehicle.Police said that Boopathi, 50, wife of Thavamurugan of Santhaikadai died on the spot.
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