Three family members die in an accident in Salem

Three family members died in an accident near Mallur in Salem district on Tuesday (October 1, 2024).

S. Sennan (65), a resident of Kamarajar Colony in Thippampatti near Panamarathupatti, was a farmer. He decided to take a bus to Samayapuram Mariamman Temple. Based on the plan, on Tuesday around 7 am, along with his second daughter V. Sudha (38), a resident of Vellalagundam near Vazhapadi, and her son V. Vishnu (12), studying Class VII Government in visited I rode a moped from the same village to Mallur to park the moped in a bike rack. As they were crossing the Salem-Namakkal national highway near Mallur, a speeding truck traveling from Salem to Namakkal hit the moped.

In the accident, the trio was thrown from the moped, suffered serious injuries and died on the spot. According to the information, Mallur police rushed to the spot and sent the three bodies to Salem Government Hospital for post-mortem. Police registered a case and arrested truck driver Sundrarajan for investigation.