Four people died in a road accident in the Mimisal police station area of the district on Tuesday when a motorcycle and a lorry collided.
The four were traveling on a two-wheeler and were on their way to Mimisal when a lorry collided with the vehicle coming in the opposite direction on East Coast Road at Velivayal bridge in the evening.
Three people died on the spot, while another died at the government hospital Manamelakudi. Police sources said that the identity of the four victims is yet to be ascertained. Mimisal police is investigating.