Family of four among five killed after car rams into water tanker near Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore
The victims, including four members of a family, died on the spot after their car slammed into a water tanker parked on the Udumalaipettai-Pollachi NH.
A speeding car collided with a stationary water tanker lorry, causing the deaths of five individuals near Pollachi in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, according to police reports. The incident unfolded near the Nallampalli junction on the Udumalaipettai - Pollachi National Highway, where the car, en route from Udumalai to Pollachi, struck the rear of the stationary lorry halted along the highway median to water roadside plants.
Immediate fatalities included the car's occupants - two men and three women - whose bodies were found crushed and unrecognizable. Four victims were identified as members of a single family from Gurubampalayam, situated near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district: Kanagaraj, his wife Narmada, and their daughters Aarthi and Poorani. The fifth victim's identity remains to be determined.
Forensic teams from the Gomangalam police station collected the bodies for post-mortem examinations at the Pollachi Government Hospital. Authorities have registered a case and launched an investigation to unravel the sequence of events that led to the tragic collision.
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