An English daily journalist and his mother were killed in a road accident at Avanashi in neighbouring Tirupur district on Wednesday, police said.
R K Rajasekharan, the Tirupur correspondent of 'Times of India' along with his family members was travelling to Mettupalayam in car when a government bus rammed into the vehicle, killing his mother on the spot.
The journalist succumbed to injuries at a private hospital here, police said.
His sister and two-year old nephew, who were injured in the mishap, were hospitalised, they said.
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