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Twenty people, including 18 women, were injured aft a tourer van collided with a stationary lorry adjacent Uchippuli present connected Saturday.
Police said a tipper lorry carrying boulders for sea-wall operation enactment astatine Dhanushkodi was parked connected the broadside of the National Highways successful Ariyaman country owed to a punctured tyre. On Saturday, a tourer van carrying 22 passengers from Tiruvannamalai territory to Rameswaram for a pilgrimage collided with the rear of the stationary tipper lorry.
Twenty passengers, including 18 women, sustained injuries successful the accident. All the injured were rushed to the Ramanathapuram Government Medical College Hospital and admitted for treatment.
Preliminary reports suggested that the mishap occurred owed to dense fog successful the aboriginal hours of the morning, constabulary added.
Uchippuli constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are investigating the matter.
