A man and a woman from Kerala were killed on the spot after their motorcycle was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle on the Salem – Coimbatore National Highway near Chithode in Erode district on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
The victims were identified as Muniyappan’s son Manu, 25, of Kothamangalam, and Xavier’s daughter Hani, 25, of Kuzhupilly in Kerala. The police said that both were proceeding towards Salem, when the accident took place near the Government College of Engineering (formerly I.R.T.T).
“We suspect that their vehicle may have crossed the median and entered the opposite lane of the road where it was hit by a speeding vehicle,” said a police officer. In the impact, both suffered serious injuries and died on the spot. The bodies were taken to Government Erode Medical College and Hospital in Perundurai. Efforts are on to trace the vehicle that caused the accident.
