Driver charred to death as two lorries collide

: A lorry driver was charred to death in an accident after the vehicle collided with a tar-laden truck on the Kodumudi-Karur main road Tuesday, police said.

Under the impact of the collision, a fire broke out and Baskar (38) was engulfed in flames and could not jump to safety, the police said.

Local people put out the blaze and sent to him to the government hospital, Kodumudi, from where he was referred to government hospital, Karur, where he died, they said.

Road-laying work was going on at the mishap site when the lorries dashed against each other, they said, adding that a case was registered and investigations were on.