3 killed as car, lorry collide head-on

Three people were killed when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a cement-laden lorry near Pollachi in the district Sunday, police said.

The trio was returning to Sivaganga from Kozhikode in Kerala, when the accident happened, the police said.

Two of them died on the spot while the other succumbed to injuries in hospital, they added.