19 dead in passenger bus-truck collision in Tamil Nadu
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- Published: February 20, 2020 09:12
New Delhi: Twenty people died in a collision between a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus and a truck near Avinashi town of Tirupur district on Thursday morning here.
The bus was on its way to Ernakulam in Kerala from Bengaluru in Karnataka when the mishap occurred.
Tamil Nadu: 16 people feared dead in a collision between a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus* & a truck near Avinashi town of Tirupur dist. The bus was going from Karnataka’s Bengaluru to Kerala’s Ernakulam. Bodies taken to Tirupur govt hospital. More details awaited. https://t.co/cDQuMNj5Xa pic.twitter.com/Pd9FFXneRZ
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2020
Deputy Tehsildar of Avinashi Town informed, “19 people that include 14 men and 5 women, died in the collision between the bus and the truck near Avinashi town.”
Kerala Transport Minister AK Saseendran on bus-truck collision in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur dist: Senior officials from Kerala State Road Transport Corporation have rushed to the site. 20 feared dead&several injured. KSRTC Managing Director will conduct an inquiry and submit report. pic.twitter.com/avFCrYxI05
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2020
The bodies have been taken to Tirupur government hospital.
Further details are awaited