Prabhu Deva’s Film Unit Suffers Road Mishap, 2 Dead

Two persons, including a member of a Prabhu Deva film crew, were killed and five others seriously injured when the van in which they were travelling dashed against a lorry near Kumbakonam in the district. The mishap occurred on Friday night.

A film crew had been shooting the Tamil movie 'Yung Mung Sung' starring Prabhu Deva, in Kumbakonam and surrounding areas for the past 15 days. On Friday, the shooting was scheduled at Ayyarappar temple in Thiruvaiyaru and some crew members had set out for the location in a van with breakfast.

The van collided with a lorry carry blue metal at Karuppur village. P Vijayakumar, the driver of the van, and Arumugam of Chennai, one of the crew members, died on the spot. Five members of the film crew were seriously injured.

They have been admitted to the Kumbakonam government hospital.