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A retired Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) manager and his woman drowned aft their car got submerged successful rainwater stagnating successful a railway underpass adjacent Omalur successful the territory successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (May 25, 2026).
The deceased were identified arsenic Venkatachalam and Radha, residents of Chinna Tirupathi successful the city. Their lad lives successful the United States and their girl successful Coimbatore. The mates had been surviving unsocial successful Salem aft Venkatasalam’s retirement.
According to the police, dense rainfall lashed Omalur and surrounding areas done Sunday (May 24) night, resulting successful terrible waterlogging astatine the railway underpass adjacent Enathi colony astatine Semmandapatti. The mates was travelling by car astir 5 a.m. to be a relative’s wedding successful Omalur erstwhile the conveyance entered the flooded subway. The constabulary said the car stalled aft entering the waterlogged agelong and was subsequently submerged. Unable to get retired of the locked conveyance successful time, the mates drowned.
Villagers who noticed the submerged car informed the Omalur police. Fire and rescue personnel, on with the police, retrieved the bodies and sent them to the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examination. A lawsuit has been registered and further probe is nether way.
