2 medicos among 3 dead in accident

3 OTHERS WOUNDED

2 medicos among 3 dead in accident

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Tirunelveli:05.12.2021

Three people, including two fourth year MBBS students of government Tirunelveli medical college hospital, died in an accident on Saturday morning when an SUV collided with their scooter at Reddiarpatti on the Madurai-Kanyakumari highway. A passenger seated next to the SUV’s driver also died on the spot. A third classmate, who was also riding pillion on the scooter, the driver of the SUV and another passenger were hospitalised with grievous injuries.

Police said the speeding SUV, which was heading for Tuticorin from Nagercoil, hit the median at a turn about 500m from Reddiarpatti Hill. “It rolled over a couple of times and stopped on the other side of the road where it hit the three students on a scooter,” deputy commissioner of police T P Suresh Kumar told TOI.

Students P Divya Gayathri, 21, of Avudayanoor in Tenkasi district and R Freeda Angelin Rani, 23, of Parasurampatti in Madurai, and passenger Shanmugasundaram, 41, of Kottar in Kanyakumari district died on the spot. K Divya Bala, 21, who was seated third on the scooter, sustained critical injuries to the head and thoracic area and was under ventilator support and but is said to be stable. Car driver Santhosh Kumar, 45, and another passenger were also out of danger. Santhosh Kumar was booked under various IPC sections including rash driving and causing death due to negligence.

Police said the women who were in uniform attended class till 9.45am. Their sudden deaths left their fellow students in tears as the bodies of the women were brought to the hospital for autopsy. Suresh Kumar said a committee will probe the accident and submit a report to the police commissioner.