The stagnant rainwater on the National Highways Authority of India’s four-lane road at Kovaneri near Valliyoor, which has seen several accidents claiming 14 lives in the past, took one more life on Saturday.
The police said a team of videographers and photographers of a Nagercoil-based studio was going to Thoothukudi in a car to cover a function. When they reached the Kovaneri Bridge on the Kanniyakumari–Tirunelveli National Highway, the car went out of control soon after entering the pool of water at the entrance of the bridge.
As soon as the car enter the pool of water, it swerved to the right, hit the concrete median, and overturned on the highway. Videographer Naveen, 32, of Marungur in Nagercoil, was killed on the spot while his colleagues Pandi and Karthi suffered serious injuries. The injured were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
