Cop among four killed as cars collide on national highway near Madagadipet in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: Four persons, including a head constable of police, were killed and three others sustained injuries after two cars collided head on near Puducherry-Villupuram border near overhead bridge in Madagadipet late on Sunday night.

The deceased have been identified as G Prabhakaran, a head constable attached to Villupuram West police station, V Chandran (38) of Panampattu, N Kathiravan (52), and B Mugilan (36), both from Lingareddypalayam.

Puducherry Traffic Police (West) said the accident occurred when Prabhakaran was traveling with his wife P Angelin (50), sister D Suseela Prasanna (37) and daughter Shani Braille (12) in the car driven by Chandran. The car that collided with Prabhackaran’s vehicle was travelling on the wrong side of the road.