Director Joshi's Daughter Aishwarya Died in Road Accident

Three software engineers from Kerala, including two women, were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling hit a lorry on the East Coast Road, near Mahablipuram, early this morning.

Police sources said the dead included Aiswarya (24), daughter of well-known Malayalam film director Joshi.

Aiswarya from Ernakulam and her friends Arjun (24) of Thrissur, Radhika (24) of Kochi and Ashwin(24) and Yesudas (27), both natives of Chennai, were working for an popular IT firm in the Mahindra City at Chengalpet.

The victims, after a pleasure trip to Mahabalipuram, were returning home to Oorapakkam when the car hit a sand-laden lorry at Sulerikodu near Mahabalipuram.

In the impact, Aiswarya and Arjun died on the spot while Radhika died en route hospital.

Ashwin and Yesudas were admitted to the Chengalpet Government Hospital where they were being treated.