CHENNAI: Two killed, including a 7-year-old child, five others of a family injured in car-lorry collision

Chennai: Two people, including a 7-year-old boy, were killed when their car collided with a truck at Padalam in Chengalpattu on the Chennai-Tiruchi national highway on Friday morning. Vinoth (33) and his family members Bhuvana (30), Parvathy (70), Sachin (7), Sippiga (3), Shanthi (52) and Ramani (50) were returning home from Melmaruvathur Temple in Viluppuram in their car on the NH when the accident occurred near Padalam around 1.30 am, police said. Investigations revealed that Vinoth, who was driving the car, tried to overtake a tanker lorry on the highway but lost control and collided with the lorry.

In the accident, Vinoth’s seven-year-old son Sachin and 70-year-old grandmother Parvathy died on the spot, while others were rushed to the Chengalpattu government hospital with serious injuries. Police have registered a case and are searching for the absconding truck driver. Due to the accident, traffic on the highway was disrupted for about an hour this morning.