Six youths who were going by an autorickshaw from Tiruchi to Rameswaram were injured when a lorry hit the vehicle on Wednesday night. Police said that the youths, including the autorickshaw driver, were proceeding to pay their last respects to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam when the incident happened near the SIPCOT area on the outskirts of the town. The Tirugokarnam police, who have registered a case, names of the injured as Saravanan (18), auto driver Mahalingam (24), Anand (18), Selvaraj (22), Siva (22), and Raju (20). The injured were admitted to the Government Headquarters Hospital.