Coimbatore: Four people were killed in two separate road accidents at Periya Thadagam and Kinathukadavu in the past two days.
In the first incident, two daily wage labourers were killed on the spot on Coimbatore- Anaikatti Road near Periya Thadagam on Saturday morning after a speeding truck rammed their moped.
The deceased were identified as K Ganeshan, 36, and M Rajendran, 35, both from Anna Nagar at Kottaipalayam near Kovilpalayam.
Thadagam police said Ganeshan and Rajendran were heading to a farm at Mangarai when the accident took place.
When they neared a brick kiln unit, a speeding truck came out of the unit and rammed the moped.
In another incident, a speeding private bus hit a moped on Pollachi-Coimbatore Road near Thamaraikulam on the outskirts of the city on Friday afternoon, killing construction workers M Sundararaj, 33, of Arasampalayam, and D Krishnasamy, 33 of Kinathukadavu.
The accident took place when they were returning to the construction site after lunch.
Kinathukadavu police have registered a case and arrested the bus driver B Muthukumar, 34, of Makinampatti near Pollachi.