4 friends die in Tamil Nadu as car smashes barricade, gets thrown under truck's rear
The vehicle, allegedly driven at high speed, first smashes into a barricade, loses control and subsequently hits the rear of the lorry
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Four young men were killed on the spot after the car they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on Wednesday on the busy East Coast Road, police said.
The vehicle, allegedly driven at high speed, first smashed into a barricade, lost control and subsequently hit the rear of the lorry, and all the four occupants died.
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The incident occurred in the small hours of Wednesday at Semmancherry Kuppam on the ECR.
Mohammed Ashik, following his return to Chennai from Malaysia on September 3, along with his three friends, was driving towards the city on the Puducherry-Chennai highway. The other three deceased have been identified as Adil Mohammed, Aslaf Ahmed and Sultan.
The truck was parked on roadside following a breakdown and it belonged to a transport firm at Mylapore in the city.
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A case has been registered and a probe is on.
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