Five persons, including a 3-year-old girl, her father and grandfather, were killed when the car in which they were travelling and a lorry collided head-on collision near Alangulam on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as P. Murugan, 52, of KTC Nagar; his son-in-law M. Rajasekar, 35; Rajasekar’s daughter Dhanika, 3; Murugan’s second son-in-law J. Niranjan Kumar, 28 and Murugan’s co-brother, Nambi, 58, of Kalakkad. As the family made preparations for the customary feast on Tuesday, the group went to Adaikkalapattinam, a small hamlet on the Tirunelveli–Tenkasi highway known for selling quality mutton. The Alangulam police have registered a case and picked up lorry driver Ganeshkumar, 28, of Uraiyoor in Tiruchi for interrogation. The Tirunelveli–Tenkasi highway is one of the busiest thoroughfares in the southern region.

Source: The Hindu April 30, 2019 19:30 UTC