Coimbatore: A van driver and a 54-year-old woman passenger were killed after the vehicle rammed another van on the L&T bypass on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as H Mohammed Ashiq, 24, of Komaralingam in Tirupur district and Rajamani, wife of Nataraj of Lakshmi Nagar at Seeranaickenpalayam in Coimbatore.
Nataraj, a private security guard, Rajamani and their grandsons S Kishore, 17 and S Rithish, 7, had visited their relative’s house at Udumalpet in Tirupur district to celebrate Pongal festival. They hired a van and were heading towards Seeranaickenpalayam from Udumalpet on Monday morning. Mohammed Ashiq was driving the vehicle. When the van reached L&T Bypass, another van heading towards Kerala, rammed the vehicle.
Ashiq suffered serious injuries and died on the spot. Rajamani was declared as brought dead. The other three passengers were admitted to a private hospital at Sundarapuram.
The Madukkarai police registered a case against van driver B Sanu of Kozhikode in Kerala. TNN