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Four devotees, each women, undertaking a padayatra were killed and 3 others were injured aft they were tally implicit by a car adjacent the Siruvachur span successful Perambalur territory successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday (January 31, 2026).
The mishap occurred erstwhile a car, travelling from Chennai towards Tiruchi, deed the radical of devotees who were walking on the roadworthy aft crossing the Siruvachur span astatine 4.30 a.m., the constabulary said. The devotees were connected a padayatra to the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple.
The deceased were identified arsenic Malarkodi, 35, Vijayalakshmi, 40, Chitra, 40, and Sasikala, 47. While Chitra hailed from Gengavalli, the others were natives of Thozharkudikadu colony adjacent Pennadam successful Cuddalore district.
The constabulary said 3 different devotees besides suffered injuries successful the accident. The operator of the car, Gautam, 24, a nonmigratory of Trisulam successful Chennai, was arrested. He was reportedly returning to Tiruchi for idiosyncratic enactment astatine the clip of the accident.
A lawsuit has been registered, and further probe is nether way.
