Four killed in a car accident in Puducherry

Four persons were killed, two on the spot and four seriously injured when the car they were travelling in hit a boulder and rammed into a roadside tree at Reddiarpalayam near here early this morning.
  
Police said 17 tourists (all aged between 16 to 18) had arrived here from Ranipet in Tamil Nadu and were proceeding to Reddiarpalayam early this morning when the mishap occurred.

The condition of the four seriously injured is stated to be critical.

The others too have been hospitalised.