Two persons were killed on the spot and three others injured when two cars collided head-on on Bangalore-Madurai National Highway 7 at Kalvarpatti near Vedasandur on Tuesday.
The deceased were advocate Williams (58) of Kavindhapadi near Bhavani in Erode district and his driver Govinda Rajan (31).
The injured – Raja, his wife Latha and their daughter Niranjana of Madurai – all travelling in another car, were treated at a private hospital in Dindigul.
The deceased were going to a Madurai court from Bhavani to attend a case and the injured were going to Namakkal from Madurai to drop their daughter in a school hostel.
When one of the tyres of the advocate’s car burst, the car skidded on the road, hit the median and crashed against the other car coming in the opposite direction, police said.