Four killed, 3 injured as two cars crash head-on in Mettupalayam

Coimbatore

The deceased identified as Aravind, 45 from Kavundampalayam Rajan, 48 from Thondamuthur, Mohanraj, 43 from Pilichi and Naveen Kumar, 44 from Veerakeralam were heading to Coimbatore from Sathyamangalam in Erode, when the mishap happened around 11 pm. While nearing Sangampalayam near Sirumugai in Mettupalayam, the car rammed into another car bound to Sathyamangalam from Sirumugai in the opposite direction. In the impact of the mishap, the front portion of both the vehicles got crushed. Police said Aravind and three others, who were travelling with him, had succumbed to injuries on the spot. Three others in another car got trapped inside and cried out in writhing pain.