Coimbatore: Two persons were killed and nearly 30 sustained injuries, when a bus collided with a pickup van near Pollachi in the district on Wednesday morning, police said. The deceased have been identified as Kittusamy and Nataraj, who were travelling in the van, police said.
Of the injured, majority of them from bus, six were admitted to Government hospital here and four in Pollachi Government hospital and other were treated as outpatients. Police said the bus was proceeding to Pollachi from Gopalapuram. The mishap took place when the bus driver tried to overtake the van on Pollachi-Palakkad Main Road.
A case has been registered and investigation is on, police said. Coimbatore district Collector G S Sameeran visited the government hospitals and enquired about the health condition of the injured.(PTI)
