17 injured as car ploughs into workers near Gobichettipalayam

ERODE Seventeen people, including 15 women workers employed under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) and a college student, were seriously injured on Friday (November 13) when a car ploughed into them while they were standing by the roadside at Bungalowpudur, near Gobichettipalayam. The incident occurred near the private college junction at Bungalowpudur, where 15 women workers were waiting at a bus stop. Police said a car carrying five persons from Uthukuli in Tiruppur district was proceeding towards T.N.

Palayam. At the college junction, its driver, Manojkumar, reportedly swerved to give way to an oncoming two-wheeler. The car veered off the road and hit the workers before crashing into a tree.

In the impact, 17 people sustained serious injuries. Women working at a nearby departmental store and autorickshaw drivers from the locality rushed to the spot, rescued the injured and took them to the Government Hospital in Gobichettipalayam. The Bungalowpudur police are investigating the incident.