Concrete mixer lorry meets with an accident in Valparai; driver survives

Post the accident local public and truck drivers requested the Highways Department to build compound walls on the roads much stronger to prevent such accidents.


Coimbatore: Road side development projects are undertaken at the Pudhu Thottam area on the Pollachi Highway in Valparai, Coimbatore.



A concrete mixer lorry from Pollachi weighing about 15 ton met with an accident as the truck lost control near Pudhu Thottam area.



The concrete mixer went down the hill but fortunately got stuck in a tree in the valley. The driver who got stuck inside the truck was miraculously alive. This accident created panic in the area.

After the accident, local public and truck drivers requested the Highways Department to build compound walls on the roads much stronger to prevent such accidents in the upcoming days.

Over 20 Devotees Injured as Van Overturns on Palamalai Hill Road in Coimbatore

Around 22 devotees were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned near the third hairpin bend on the...

Man Borrows Phone for ‘Emergency Call’, Tries to Flee; Arrested at Gandhipuram Bus Stand

A 42-year-old man, a native of Sivaganga district, was arrested by the Kattoor Police at Gandhipuram bus stand after he...

Youth Seriously Injured After Pickup Van Hits Bike on North Coimbatore Flyover

A 21-year-old man from G.M. Nagar in Ukkadam, Coimbatore, was seriously injured after a pickup van allegedly collided wi...

22.5 kg of Banned Tobacco Products Seized in Coimbatore; Four Booked for Public Drinking

Police seized 22.5 kg of banned tobacco products from a car in Coimbatore’s Thudiyalur and registered a case against a 2...

DMK Coimbatore North District Executive Meeting Focuses on Reorganisation of Party Units

More than 500 DMK office-bearers from the Mettupalayam, Kavundampalayam and Thondamuthur Assembly constituencies partici...

‘We The Leaders’ Foundation Takes Up Clean-up Drive at Coimbatore’s Kurichi Tank

More than 100 volunteers of ‘We The Leaders’ Foundation took up a clean-up drive at Kurichi Tank in Coimbatore, removing...