Palanisamy (age 54) hails from Kanakuvelanpatti near Aravakurichi in Karur district. The farmer was on his moped from Kanakuvelanpatti to Malaikovilur yesterday afternoon. He was then returning home in the same moped. The car collided with a Palanisamy on the National Highway near the Therappadi section.
Marimuthu (age 63) is from Krishnarayanapuram. He is a retired employee of the Tamil Nadu Paper Mill. He took his daughter on his bicycle to the Krishnarayanapuram bus stand yesterday morning and dropped her off. He was then returning home on the same bicycle.
Then a motorcycle coming from behind collided with the bicycle driven by Marimuthu. Neighbors rushed Marimuthu to a private hospital in Karur for treatment. However, Marimuthu died on the way to the hospital.