Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko and his family were travelling in a car when it hit a static truck near Palacode in Dharmapuri district. The actor sustained injuries but his father died on the spot.
According to the police, the 41 year old actor Shine Tom Chacko from Thrissur in Kerala and his family members were travelling to Bengaluru from Thrissur to get a medical check-up done for his father CP Chacko.
When the car was nearing Peraiyur at Palacode in Dharmapuri district, the driver Anis lost control of the car and hit a stationary truck. Due to the impact of the crash, the front portion of the car was smashed completely and the father of the actor died on the spot.
Shine Tom and his brother Joe John and the manager of Shine Tom, sustained grievous injuries. The Palacode police rushed to the spot and admitted the injured persons to Dharmapuri government Medical College Hospital for treatment. The body of his father CP Chacko was sent for an autopsy.
