Coimbatore:
Three bystanders were killed and four others injured when a rice-laden lorry overturned at Kurichi on the outskirts of Coimbatore.
The driver of the lorry, carrying rice meant for PDS to Pollachi, was trying to avoid colliding with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction when the mishap occurred, police said.
Gopal, Harikrishnan and Narayanankurty, who were standing near a tea shop caught under the lorry and died on the spot, while three others were injured and had been admitted to the Government Hospital in Coimbatore, they said.
State Agriculture Minister, S Damodaran visited the injured at the hospital, official sources said.