TIRUVARUR: Two devotees were crushed to death on the spot and three others injured when the temple car of a smaller Thiyagarajar temple overturned at Thirukaravasal village near here on Friday.
Police said that as part of the ongoing ‘Vaikasi Visakam’ festival of the temple, the festivities rolled out here today, in which hundreds of devotees pulled the temple car.
As the left wheel of the car got stuck in the wet mud due to the recent rains, it tilted the chariot. Mason Sundaram (55) and his assistant Murugaiyam (45) who were close to the wheels of the car went under the wheels.
The other devotees rescued all the persons trapped under the temple car, but Murugaiyan died on the spot, while Sundaram died on the way to the hospital.
Three others injured were treated as outpatients, police added.
