Manoharan, Assistant Town Planning Officer of the East Zone, Coimbatore Corporation, died in an accident on the national highway near Karumathampatty Police Station, Coimbatore. He was returning from Chennai in a hired car. It is reported that the driver, Yesudas, dozed off and lost control due to which the car collided against a container truck. The severely injured driver was admitted in a private hospital. Karumathampatty police have filed a case on this.