Five-year-old girl dies, nine injured as bus hits tractor near Perambalur

A five-year-old miss was killed and 9 others were injured erstwhile a Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) autobus and a tractor collided connected Tiruchi–Chennai National Highway adjacent Padalur successful Perambalur territory aboriginal connected Saturday.

The unfortunate was identified arsenic R. Gunashree of Cuddalore district.

According to the police, Ramu of Cuddalore district, on with his daughter, Gunashree, and 15 others from the village, had travelled to Sivagiri successful Erode territory for sugarcane harvesting. After completing the work, the radical was returning to Panruti from Karur successful a tractor connected the Tiruchi–Chennai road connected Saturday morning.

When the conveyance approached Padalur, the authorities autobus going from Kanniyakumari to Chennai rammed the tractor from behind. The tractor overturned, sidesplitting Gunashree connected the spot. Nine persons — Nagamuthu, 57, Sengeni, 47, Navindra, 18, Kalyani, 60, Sivanesan, 24, Saraswathi, 42, Tamil Iniya, 15, Anitha, 18, and Ramamoorthy, 41 — suffered superior injuries successful the accident.

The injured were taken to the Perambalur Government Hospital, wherever they are undergoing treatment. The girl’s assemblage was sent for a post-mortem.

The Padalur constabulary are investigating.