CHENNAI: Five people, including two drivers, died in a collision between a Tamil Nadu government bus and a private vehicle near Vaniyambadi of Thirupathur District, police said.
Police said the injured have been rushed to Vellor Government Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
Vaniyambadi police further said they have registered a case and an “investigation is going on”.
“Five people including two drivers have died in the collision,” police said.
The accident took place when the TN government bus on its way from Bengaluru to Chennai collided with the vehicle coming from Chennai to Bengaluru on Chettiyanur bridge, police said.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the bus apparently lost control, and rammed into the vehicle which was coming from the opposite direction, as per police.
More details are awaited (ANI)