Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu), March 10 -- A 23-year-old driver of a lorry was killed on the spot and another was seriously injured when the vehicle crashed into a roadside parapet wall at Thalavaipuram near Kayathar on the Madurai-Thoothukudi bypass road here early on Monday.
Police said the deceased was identified as K Manojkumar, hailing from Nagamalai Pudukottai in Madurai district.
The owner of the ill-fated lorry, A. Kannan (47), was rescued from the lorry and admitted to the Tirunelveli government medical college hospital in a critical condition.
The duo was ferrying cargo from Madurai to Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district when the tragedy occurred.
Police suspect Manojkumar might have dozed off while driving the lorry, resulting in th...