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5 killed in road accident in southern India
NEW DELHI, June 27, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least five women have been
killed in a head-on collision between a mini-truck and a van in the southern
Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said Wednesday.
The accident occurred at a village near Komarapalayam late Tuesday
evening.
“The van transporting workers from nearby villages employed in a private
spinning mill was hit by the mini-truck coming from the opposite direction,”
a police official said.
While three women died on the spot, two others succumbed to their injuries
at a government hospital where 13 others are being treated, he said.
Eye-witnesses told cops that the mini-truck was travelling at high speed
and the driver lost control of the vehicle leading to the accident.
A probe has been ordered into the incident, the official said.
“The mini-truck driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving and
a manhunt launched to nab him,” he added.
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