Chennai, June 11 -- In tragic accidents, five students were killed and three injured in two separate road accidents in Tamil Nadu on Thursday afternoon.
While three 6th and 7th standard students of government higher secondary school, were killed and one injured when they were knocked down bya speeding car at Karakottai village near Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district, two students--studying Plus 1 and the other Plus-2--travelling in a two-wheeler, died and two others hurt, when they were hit by a car at Mettathur village near Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district.
In both the incidents, the students were returning home from school when the accident occurred.
Police and fire service personnel from respective districts visited the spot and shif...