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Three persons died aft a speeding car that descended from the recently inaugurated G.D. Flyover successful Coimbatore rammed a stationary motortruck astatine Goldwins connected Avinashi Road aboriginal connected Monday (October 13, 2025).
The constabulary said that H. Arif, 20, and Sheik Hussain, 20, of Ondipudur, and P. Sathyapriya, 17, of Selvapuram died successful the accident.
The mishap occurred astir 1.30 a.m. erstwhile the car descended from the flyover to Avinashi Road astatine Goldwins, towards Tiruppur side. The car was moving on the lane adjacent to the median, earlier the operator mislaid its power astir 80 metres disconnected the flyover. Tyre marks connected the roadworthy indicated that the car made a abrupt crook to the near broadside and rammed a motortruck that was was parked connected the broadside of the road.
The sedan was wholly mangled successful the interaction of the collision and the 3 persons died connected the spot. The constabulary and occurrence brigades rushed to the spot and retrieved the mangled car by lifting the truck’s rear broadside utilizing a crane.
The bodies of the deceased were shifted to the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital for post-mortem examination.
Pileup connected flyover
A pileup of 3 cars, reportedly owed to overspending, was reported connected the flyover precocious connected Sunday (October 12). Police sources said that galore vehicles were exceeding the velocity bounds of 60 kmph connected the flyover. The velocity bounds for up and down ramps is 40 kmph.
