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Tamil Nadu: An early hours of Saturday morning, Six persons were killed, including 2 drivers and more than 60 injured in a road accident after the SETC bus collided with an omnibus on the Chennai-Bangalore highway (NH44) at Chettiappanur village in Tamil Nadu. The accident took place near Vaniyambadi of Thirupathur District.
The injured individuals have been swiftly taken to Vellore Government Hospital, where they are currently receiving medical treatment. The SETC bus heading towards Chennai from Bangalore on the national highway ran past the median after the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with the omnibus coming in the opposite direction, heading towards Bangalore from Chennai.
Vaniyambadi police further said they have registered a case and an “investigation is going on”. The drivers of both buses died on the spot. After the incident, passers-by informed the Vaniyambadi taluk police station and police officials along with fire services and rescue team personnel reached the spot and rescued 64 people, mostly passengers, and sent them to the Vaniyambadi Government Hospital.
The collision occurred on Chettiyanur bridge when the Tamil Nadu government bus, en route from Bengaluru to Chennai, collided with a vehicle traveling from Chennai to Bengaluru, as per the police. However, before reaching the hospital three including a woman lost their lives. Currently, 27 have been shifted to the Vellore Government Medical College and Hospital in Adukkamparai and others are receiving treatment at Vaniyambadi GH.
According to the information, the deceased were identified as Mohammed Fairoz (37) from Pudur in Vaniyambadi, B. Ajith (25) from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, S. Krithika (35) from Guduvanchery, K. Elumalai (47) from Ulundurpet, Kallakurichi, and N. Syed Mumtaz (42) from Kolar, Karnataka and Raju, from Adyar, Chennai.Elumalai and Syed were the drivers of government and omnibuses, respectively.
According to the preliminary investigation, it appears that the bus lost control and collided with the vehicle coming from the opposite direction, the police said. Tirupattur Collector D Bhaskara Pandian, Tirupattur SP Albert John, and Vaniyambadi MLA, G Senthil Kumar, inspected the accident spot and met with the injured persons and their families at the government hospital in Vaniyambadi town.
