Five people, including four members of a family, were killed in an accident on the Virudhunagar-Madurai highway early Wednesday morning.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Madurai district Superintendent of Police Arvind said, “Five people, including four members of the same family from Madurai's Villapuram, were killed when a speeding SUV collided with a moped at Sivarakottai near Tirumangalam on the Virudhunagar-Madurai highway.”
He added, “The incident took place when a speeding SUV collided with a moped at Sivarakottai near Tirumangalam on the Virudhunagar-Madurai highway.”
CCTV footage of the accident captured the SUV crashing into the two-wheeler at high speed, dragging it across the road divider before striking another two-wheeler on the four-lane highway.
Local authorities have launched an investigation.
