Physiotherapist, colleague killed in accident near Bhavani

A physiotherapist and his colleague were killed successful a roadworthy mishap adjacent Varadhanallur connected the Bhavani–Mettur National Highway (NH 544) connected Thursday (October 2, 2025) morning.

The deceased were identified as Tejas (27), of Thiruvananthapuram, who was a physiotherapist astatine a backstage infirmary successful Bengaluru, and Jayasree (24), of the Nilgiris, his colleague.

According to the police, a authorities bus, driven by Sasikumar from Erode to Mettur, collided with a speeding motorcycle. In the impact, some Jayasree and Tejas were thrown onto the road. Though some were wearing helmets, Jayasree died connected the spot. Tejas, rescued by locals and taken to a backstage hospital, died soon aft admission.

Investigations revealed that the 2 had attended a relation astatine a friend’s house, aft which Tejas had planned to driblet Jayasree successful the Nilgiris.

The bodies were sent to the Bhavani Government Hospital for post-mortem. The mishap caused postulation congestion connected the road for implicit half-an-hour.