RAMANATHAPURAM
Three persons including a pedestrian and a two-wheeler rider were killed in a road accident when a motor-cycle and a private car collided along East Coast Road on Sunday night.
The police said on Monday that that a group of five - all youngsters - from Pudukottai district had come to Rameswaram. After visiting the temple, they were heading back to their home in Ponnamaravathi when the car reportedly hit against a two-wheeler and halted after hitting three pedestrians at Sakkaravalanoor Pass on the ECR.
The police identified S. Neethirajan, 23, as the motorcyclist, C Balaji (who was inside the car and attempted to jump off after realising that it had lost control) and O. Arjunan, 18, a pedestrian, died on the spot. The injured persons including S Praveen Kumar, 19, M Karthi Raja, C Venkatraman, 20, were admitted in hospital. Devipattinam police are investigating.
