May 09 2016 12:01 PM
May 09, 2016:Nine persons, involving three women and a child, were killed and three hurt after a lorry rammed their van at Thapathi in the district in the wee hours today-as per the police said.
There were 23 persons in the van and they were returning to Irukangudi in Virudhunagar district after joining a gathering at Puthiyamputur near here when the accident happened.
One of the tyres of the van spurt. The driver was altering the tyre when the lorry hit the van from behind, killing eight people on the spot
According to the police, “Four persons who sustained serious injuries were rushed to a hospital and one of them died later”
At Ettiyapuram police station, the driver of the lorry submitted.
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