Car accident in Tenkasi; Six people in the vehicle died on the spot

Six youths who returned from seeing the Kuttalam falls died in a car accident in Tenkasi. The accident occurred when a car and a truck collided. Karthik (28), Vel Manoj (24), Pothiraj (30), Subramanian (27) and Mano Subramanian (17), natives of Puliangkudi, died in the accident. The car collided with an oncoming cement lorry. The car was completely damaged in the impact.

The accident took place near Tenkasi Puliangudi at around 4 am today. Six people in the car died on the spot. On the holiday, the six friends reached Kuttalam in a rented car. They returned home after spending the whole day in Kuttalam.

The bodies of the deceased were shifted to Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. The Puliangkudi police registered a case and started investigation.