Three persons, including two women were killed on the spot and two others seriously injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a lorry.
   
Police said Kulandaivelu (41), an airport employee at Coimbatore, his wife, mother-in-law and son were on their way back to the city after offering worship at the Bannariaman temple when the mishap occured near Vinnapalli on the Sathyamangalam-Coimbatore National Highway.   

The injured have been hospitalised, police said.