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A speeding car from Coimbatore hit the two-wheeler in which the couple were riding with their two-year-old child. The couple died in hospital while the baby is being treated in the ICU.
A couple died in a road accident after a speeding car smashed into their two-wheeler on a highway in Perundurai here, police said on Monday.
According to police, Shankar (39) and his wife Punitha, aged 31, from Mukasi Pidariyur in Chennimalai were proceeding to Salem with their two-year-old boy in a two-wheeler on Sunday to attend a function.
When they were nearing Velliyampalayam village in Perundurai in the district, a speeding car coming from Coimbatore hit the two-wheeler. All the three were thrown off the vehicle and fell on the road.
After admission in the Government IRT Medical College Hospital, the couple died. The two-year-old child is being treated in the ICU of the hospital.
Perundurai police registered a case and an investigation is underway.
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