Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) : Five people were killed on the spot after their speeding car rammed into a stationary water tanker lorry on the Udumalaipettai - Pollachi National Highway near here on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred near Nallampalli junction when the car, proceeding towards Pollachi from Udumalai, crashed into the rear of the stationary lorry. Police said the lorry had been halted along the median on the highway to water roadside plants.
Due to the impact of the high-speed collision, the car was completely crushed, resulting in the immediate death of all five occupants -- two men and three women.
Four of the deceased have been identified as members of a single family from Gurubampalayam near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district. They were identified as Kanagaraj, his wife Narmada, and their two daughters, Aarthi and Poorani.
The identity of the fifth victim is yet to be ascertained, and investigators are verifying whether the deceased individual was the driver of the vehicle or another occupant.
Personnel from the Gomangalam police station and rescue teams rushed to the spot, retrieved the bodies from the mangled remains of the car, and sent them to the Pollachi Government Hospital for post-mortem examinations.
Police have registered a case and initiated an investigation to determine the exact sequence of events that led to the crash. Traffic on the highway was temporarily disrupted before the damaged vehicle was cleared.