Coimbatore : One person was killed and five others were injured when the car in which they were travelling dashed against a parapet wall on National Highway at Avanashi in nearby Tirupur district in the early hours of Thursday.

According to police, a four-member police team from Ernakulam Info Park in Kerala was proceeding to Hyderabad in connection with a missing girl case along with two relatives of the girl.

The car hit the parapet of a flyover at Alampalayam near Avanashi around 6.30 a.m., resulting in the spot death of Harinarayanan, the girl’s relative and injuring five others, they said.

The injured were taken to a private hospital where the condition of another relative is said to be serious.