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COIMBATORE: A 34-year-old man was killed and two of his friends were injured after the car they were travelling in fell off a flyover and landed on a house at Vadakkipalayam Pirivu in the early hours of Tuesday. The occupants of the house and another passenger in the car escaped without any injuries.
Police said the incident occurred when 34-year-old R Srikanth, a resident of Studio Colony at Ramanathapuram in the city, was returning to his hotel room at Pollachi town after a short drive to R Ponnapuram on Tuesday early morning. He was travelling with photographers R Kaarthikannan, 27, of Kavery Nagar in the city, S Gopinath, 27, of Mahalakshim Nagar at A Sangamapalayam near Pollachi, and Kaushik, 27, of Ramanathapuram.