Nine teachers died as van plunges off Valparai cliff in T.N.

Nine members of a 12-member tourer radical from Malappuram territory successful Kerala were killed erstwhile their van plunged disconnected a hairpin crook connected the ghat roadworthy astatine Valparai successful Coimbatore territory connected Friday (April 17, 2026).

The remaining members of the radical were admitted to hospitals with injuries. Three of the critically injured were shifted from Pollachi to a infirmary successful Coimbatore for precocious treatment. The van reportedly fell from hairpin crook 13 to hairpin crook 9 betwixt 5.15 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. The ghat conception of the Valparai-Pollachi Road has a full of 40 hairpin bends. Seven women and a 12-year-old lad were among the deceased.