Ten dead in road accident in TN

Ten people died in an accident between a bus and a van in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district. The bodies have been sent to post-mortem.

Chennai: Ten persons died in a head-on collision between a bus and a van in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday morning, said police.

According to the police, the bus, heading towards Coimbatore from Chennai, collided with the pick-up van carrying 14 passengers in Kallakurichi, 244 km away from here, police said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem to a government hospital, police said.