In a freak accident, a lorry driver was charred to death on Tuesday after his vehicle collided with a tar-laden truck on the Kodumudi-Karur main road, police stated. Due to the impact of the collision, a fire broke out and the driver identified as Baskar (38) was engulfed in flames and could not jump to safety, the police stated. Local people put the fire out and sent to the victim to the government hospital, Kodumudi, from where he was referred to another government hospital, Karur, where he died, they added. Road-laying work was going on at the mishap site when the lorries rammed into each other, they said, adding that a case was registered and investigations were on.

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