Date:06/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/06/stories/2008100650420200.htm

Tamil Nadu

Two Karaikal engineering students killed in accident

Special Correspondent

KARAIKAL: The father of a student killed in a road accident donated his eyes to the Puducherry eye bank on Sunday.

Two college students were returning from a movie early on Sunday when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a van at Ammaiyarnagar near Karaikal.

The students were rushed to Karaikal Government Hospital where they were declared dead, a source said.

One of the victims, Manikandan (22) of Kottucherry in Karaikal district, was studying final year B.Tech (Mechanical) and Praveen Kumar (19) of Ariyankuppam in Puducherry was doing his first year B.Tech (Mechanical) in an engineering college in Karaikkal.

Chandrasekaran, father of Manikandan, donated his eyes, which were removed and sent to Puducherry eye bank.

The bodies of the students were handed over to their parents after post-mortem.

Search for van driver

Karaikal town police have registered a case and are on the lookout for the van driver, the source said.