Tirupur: Four of a family were critically injured after a speeding car hit their car, which then turned turtle, on Avinashi Road here on Wednesday night.
Police said the incident occurred when Venkatachalam, 50, of MGR Street at Veerappanchathram in Erode district, his wife Gomathi, 45 and sons Gokul, 25 and Athithan, 23, were heading to Coimbatore from their hometown in their car.
“Around 9pm when they neared Perumanallur near Avinashi, another speeding car hit their vehicle from behind. In the impact of the collision, Venkatachalam’s car lost control and toppled on the road,” a police officer said.
Other motorists on the stretch rushed to their rescue and managed to bring them out of the mangled car. All the four were severely injured and were taken to a private hospital in Perumanallur. Police said the condition of Venkatachalam and Gomathi was critical.
The accident, meanwhile, brought the traffic on the stretch to a grinding halt. The traffic was restored after removing the toppled car from the road.