Three migrant workers killed in lorry accident near Karur

Three inter-State migrant workers were killed and two others injured in a road accident near Thennilai in Karur district on Saturday (November 1, 2025) morning. According to the police, the victims were employed at a private blue metal quarry near Kodandur in K. Paramathi, where over 20 workers from other States are engaged in stone-crushing and M-sand operations. Around 5 a.m., a tipper lorry loaded with M-sand for a construction site was proceeding on the Karur-Coimbatore link road when it overturned near Muthaligoundampalayam after the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle at high speed. Three workers — Sikandar Ketha, 21, Vidhyanath Prabhakaran, 47, and Ajay Bangra, 30 — who were travelling on the top of the lorry, were buried under the M-sand load and died on the spot. Another worker, Aljeem Parva, 30, sustained a fracture to his arm, while the driver, Chandrakumar, 39, suffered multiple injuries. Both were rescued and taken by ambulance to the Karur Government Medical College Hospital. On information, personnel from the Fire and Rescue Services and the Thennilai police rushed to the spot, retrieved the bodies, and sent them to the government hospital for post-mortem. The Thennilai police, under the supervision of K. Paramathi Circle Inspector Thangaraj, have registered a case and initiated an investigation. Preliminary inquiries suggested that the lorry was carrying M-sand beyond the permitted load limit and that workers were being transported in the vehicle in violation of safety regulations.

Three inter-State migrant workers were killed and two others injured in a road accident near Thennilai in Karur district on Saturday (November 1, 2025) morning.

According to the police, the victims were employed at a private blue metal quarry near Kodandur in K. Paramathi, where over 20 workers from other States are engaged in stone-crushing and M-sand operations.

Around 5 a.m., a tipper lorry loaded with M-sand for a construction site was proceeding on the Karur-Coimbatore link road when it overturned near Muthaligoundampalayam after the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle at high speed.

Three workers — Sikandar Ketha, 21, Vidhyanath Prabhakaran, 47, and Ajay Bangra, 30 — who were travelling on the top of the lorry, were buried under the M-sand load and died on the spot.

Another worker, Aljeem Parva, 30, sustained a fracture to his arm, while the driver, Chandrakumar, 39, suffered multiple injuries. Both were rescued and taken by ambulance to the Karur Government Medical College Hospital.

On information, personnel from the Fire and Rescue Services and the Thennilai police rushed to the spot, retrieved the bodies, and sent them to the government hospital for post-mortem.

The Thennilai police, under the supervision of K. Paramathi Circle Inspector Thangaraj, have registered a case and initiated an investigation.

Preliminary inquiries suggested that the lorry was carrying M-sand beyond the permitted load limit and that workers were being transported in the vehicle in violation of safety regulations.