Four die in accident on Pollachi – Palladam Road at Negamam

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The mangled remains of the SUV that collided with a motortruck  connected  Pollachi - Palladam Road astatine  Negamam successful  Coimbatore territory  connected  Monday, May 11, 2026.

The mangled remains of the SUV that collided with a motortruck connected Pollachi - Palladam Road astatine Negamam successful Coimbatore territory connected Monday, May 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Three members of a household and their comparative from Salem mislaid their lives aft the SUV they were travelling successful collided with a motortruck connected Pollachi – Palladam Road astatine Negamam successful Coimbatore territory connected Monday.

The constabulary said that K. Dhanapal (37) from Kadayampatti successful Salem district, his woman D. Menaga (35), their girl Kaniska (17) and Menaga’s niece Sneha (23) died successful the accident. Dhanapal’s lad D. Surjith (12) suffered terrible injuries.

According to the police, the mishap took spot astir 1.45 p.m. erstwhile the SUV with 5 persons connected committee was heading successful Palladam direction. The SUV had a head-on collision with a motortruck successful the Pollachi direction, sidesplitting Dhanapal, Menaga and Sneha connected the spot. The SUV was mangled successful the interaction of the collision, trapping the passengers.

Kaniska and Surjith were instantly shifted to District Headquarters Hospital successful Pollachi and the erstwhile was declared brought dormant by doctors. Surjith, who suffered aggregate injuries, was shifted to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital aft being fixed archetypal aid.

The Negamam constabulary secured the motortruck driver, M. Saravanan (39) of Santhampatti successful Krishnagiri district, for alleged negligent driving, resulting successful the fatal accident. The bodies of the deceased persons were shifted to Pollachi GH for post-mortem examination. The constabulary person launched an investigation.

Published - May 11, 2026 07:32 p.m. IST

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