19 died, 30 injured as lorry hits bus in TN
Update: 2020-02-20 12:14 IST
Chennai: In a tragic incident, 19 died, and about 30 sustained injuries in a road accident when a container lorry collided with Kerala RTC bus near Avinashi in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu.
Immediately, the injured rushed to Tirupur and Coimbatore hospitals. The deceased include five women. The death toll is likely to increase further. At the time of the accident, the bus was heading towards Ernakulam from Bengaluru.
In another incident, five people who belong to Nepal has died in a road accident in Salem district. This accident happened when a car collided with a bus at Omalur.