30-feet chariot topples on devotees in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri, two killed

Tamil Nadu: Two people were killed and three others were injured when a huge chariot of a popular temple in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district toppled on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as C Manoharan (57) and G Saravanan (50).

The incident occurred while the 30-feet decorated chariot of the Kaliamman temple was being driven around the important streets surrounding the temple as part of the



Vaikasi festival.

"The chariot overturned all of a sudden and two men who got caught under the chariot's wooden wheel died," a senior police officer said.

The devotees who were pulling the chariot and those watching the procession immediately rushed to the rescue of those trapped under the chariot, he said.

Three men who were rescued were admitted to the Dharmapuri government hospital.