Retired Air Force officer dies as boulder falls on moving car on Ooty Road

As the vehicle was proceeding about 500 metres downhill from Barliar check post in Coimbatore district limits, a boulder that slipped from the hillside fell on the car.A retired Air Force officer died after a boulder that slid from the slope fell on a moving car on the ghat section of Mettupalayam-Udhagamandalam Road in Coimbatore district on Wednesday (October 7, 2026).