Chennai: Three members of a family, a 10-year-old boy among them, died and three others suffered serious injuries after their share auto rammed a truck near Periyapalayam in the early hours of Sunday.
Police said Loganathan, 42, an auto driver, was at the wheel. His wife Poongodi, 39, daughter Dhanalakshmi, 10, mother-in-law Radha, 65, and his nephews Gokul, 10, and Prasanth, 15, were travelling in the vehicle. The family, from Kodungaiyur in Chennai, was travelling to Periyapalayam temple when the accident occurred near the MTC bus stop at Panpakkam.
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