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A 65-year-old granite quarry idiosyncratic was killed aft a lorry fell into a 300-foot-deep pit successful the quarry present connected Monday (January 5, 2026).
The deceased was identifed arsenic D. Subramani, a nonmigratory of Chamarajanagar successful Karnataka, who was moving astatine a granite quarry successful Periyar Surampalayam adjacent Nallur.
On Monday astir 4.30 p.m., Subramani loaded a lorry with discarded mud accumulated wrong the quarry. Later, S. Venugopal (36), a nonmigratory of Pennagaram successful Dharmapuri district, the lorry driver, on with Subramani, were headed extracurricular the quarry. But Venugopal mislaid power of the lorry and it fell into a heavy pit.
In the accident, the duo sustained grievous injuries and Subramani died connected the spot. Venugopal was admitted to a backstage infirmary successful Coimbatore with aggregate fractures. The Nallur constabulary registered a lawsuit and are investigating further.
