Three die as car plunges into gorge on Manjoor – Mulli road along Tamil Nadu – Kerala border
Three people died after their car plunged into a 300-foot gorge on a remote ghat road along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. Local authorities and forest department staff conducted a recovery operation for the victims in the dense forest area.
Why it matters
The accident underscores the dangers of navigating remote, steep, and poorly monitored forest roads in mountainous regions.
Three persons died after the car they travelled in plunged into a gorge of over 300 feet on Manjoor–Mulli–Karamadai Road along the Tamil Nadu – Kerala border on Sunday (August 9, 2026).
L. Rajkannan (54), T.D. Bojan (70) and C. Radhika (55), all residents of Mathampalayam near Karamadai, died in the accident. The police said that the accident took place when the trio, originally hailing from Bengalmattam in Kundah taluk in the Nilgiris district, were returning from Yedakadu (also in the Nilgiris) to Mathampalayam.
Rajkannan drove the car and it met with an accident at a ghat section, around five km off the Tamil Nadu Police Department check post at Mulli. The police received information about the accident from locals who spotted the deceased and the car in the forest area falling under the limits of the Karamadai range around 3 p.m.
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