Five Malayalees were crushed to death here on Thursday at 11.30 pm when a bus hit their car from behind.

The dead, Jospeh, Jasmi Joseph, Joy, Jomy and car driver Sunil, were natives of  Kuruvilangadu in Kottayam district and were returning home with Jasmi who was an engineering student in Dindigul.  

The car was damaged completely in the accident. Relatives of the deceased have reached Dindigul and bodies are to be brought home by Friday night.