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In an aboriginal greeting calamity connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025), 3 trainee doctors from Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital (TKGMCH) were killed and 2 others sustained superior injuries successful a roadworthy mishap connected South Beach Road successful Thoothukudi.
The constabulary identified the deceased arsenic S. Sarooban, 23, from Coimbatore, P. Rahul Jebastian, 23, from Pudukottai, and S. Mukilan, 23, from Tirupattur. The injured R. Kiruthikkukmar, 23, from Thoothukudi, and Saran, 23, from Tirupattur were portion of the five-member radical travelling successful a sedan driven by Sarooban. The vehicle, which had reportedly been speeding, skidded connected the rain-soaked road; the operator mislaid power of the instrumentality and rammed the conveyance into a histrion portion negotiating a crook adjacent a barricade.
On being alerted, the Thoothukudi southbound constabulary and occurrence and rescue services unit reached the spot and rescued the occupants. Sarooban and Rahul Sebastian had died connected the spot, portion the others were rushed to TKGMCH for treatment, wherever Mukilan suffered a cardiac apprehension and died wrong minutes of arrival. Kiruthikkukumar and Saran are undergoing attraction successful the ICU.
The Thoothukudi southbound constabulary person registered a lawsuit and investigations are on.
