Seven killed in road mishaps on polling day

Seven persons, including two children, were killed and an equal number injured in road mishaps on polling day in various parts of Tamil Nadu.

Three persons, including a five-year-old girl, were killed and one injured when their car collided with a lorry near Rayakottah in Krishnagiri district.

R Madhu (40) of Vathimarathahalli village in Dharmapuri district, working at a private firm in Bangalore, had come to his native place to cast his vote, and was returning after voting, accompanied by a relative and his daughter.

The driver was injured and has been hospitalised.

In Coimbatore, a couple, returning after casting their vote in the Lok Sabha elections, were killed when a speeding car knocked down their motorcycle near here, police said.
 

Four occupants of the car, registered only yesterday, were seriously injured in the mishap, they said.

24-year-old Arjun, a private bus driver, and his 20-year-old wife Aishwarya were returning home after casting their franchise at a booth in Othakalamandapal on the city outskirts when the mishap occurred near Malumichampatti, police said.

In a similar mishap near Salem, a 33-year-old man, returning home after casting his vote, and his nine-year-old son were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a lorry, police said.

His wife and another six-year-old son were injured and admitted to hospital.