6 people dead, over 50 injured after two buses collide in Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi

TENKASI (Tamil Nadu): At least six people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 people were hospitalised after two passenger buses collided in Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi district on Monday, police said.

The injured have been admitted to the hospital with severe injuries including fractures to their arms, legs, and head. At least 55 people were travelling in the two buses when the accident occurred.

Earlier in Karnataka, three people, including a five-year-old child, were killed in a head-on collision between two bikes on the Chambol-Benakanahalli road under the jurisdiction of Janwada police station in Bidar district, police said on Monday.

The deceased were identified as Mallikarjuna (35), his daughter Mahalakshmi (5), and Pawan (28). (ANI)