Three persons, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed in two accidents at Pallikonda near Vellore and Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur on Tuesday.
The police said a sports utility vehicle hit S. Rangasamy, 55, a school bus driver of Anaicut near Pallikonda, while he was on his morning walk on Anaicut-Kannigapuram Main Road at Anaicut. The vehicle then hit R. Veeramudhan, 13, who was walking to the brick kiln of his father. Both pedestrians died on the spot.
The SUV was driven by J. Kumaravel, 39, who was returning to Pallikonda town with his family after offering worship at the Angala Parameswari temple at Melmalayanur in Villupuram district.
Three occupants of the car suffered mild injuries. The incident occurred around 6.30 a.m. The police shifted the bodies to the Government Medical College in Vellore. The Pallikonda police have filed a case. Kumaravel was arrested and lodged at Vellore Central Prison.
Around 2.45 p.m., a 50-year-old lorry driver was killed in an accident on the bridge of the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) at Perumalpettai near Vaniyambadi. His lorry hit a mini-lorry, which was carrying blue metal from Vaniyambadi to Ambur, from behind. The police said the mini-lorry suddenly drove onto the highway from the service lane, causing the accident. Its driver fled the spot.
The police sent the body to the Government Medical College at Tirupattur. A case has been filed by the Vaniyambadi Town police.
