MADURAI: Two men travelling on a motorcycle died after a bus knocked them down and a truck ran over them near Nagamalai Pudukottai in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday night.
The deceased have been identified as C Gobu,47, and S Punniyamoorthi, 55, of Uthupatti near Checkanurani.
They were travelling on the Madurai-Theni road. A bus hit the two-wheeler from behind, and the duo fell on the road. They were run over by a truck moving in the same direction.
The Nagamalai Pudukottai police registered a case against bus driver A Prabakran of Usilampatti and truck driver G Subburaj of Periyakulam.