A police constable sustained injuries, while his wife and two-year-old son were killed in a road accident near Jameen village on the National Highway 48 near Ambur on Tuesday. The mini-van in which they were travelling rammed into a container lorry that was stationed on the roadside.
Sivamoorthy was travelling with his wife Gowthami and son in a mini-van after vacating their house in Chennai to Palacode in Dharmapuri district. When they were nearing Ambur, the driver, Venkatesan, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the lorry, police said.
Gowthami and the child succumbed to injuries, while Sivamoorthy and Venkatesan sustained injuries and have been hospitalised.