Mettupalayam: Three persons, including a woman, were killed and two others injured, when the car in which they were travelling collided head on with a lorry at Mettupalayam today.

The inmates of the car were returning to Madurai from Coonoor, when the mishap occurred at Tank Medu on Mettupalayam-Annur Road, police said.

The dead have been identified as Kingsley, Simon and Daisy.

The injured Stalin Chelladurai and Stemark, who is said to be serious, have been referred to Government hospital here, police said.