One dead, five injured in road accident near Sengipatti

One idiosyncratic died and 5 others were injured aft a van toppled adjacent Sengipatti connected the Tiruchi-Nagapattinam Highway aboriginal connected Thursday.

According to sources, the mishap took spot astatine astir 3 a.m. The dormant idiosyncratic was identified arsenic Vijaya, 42, and the injured arsenic Kirthiga and her eight-year-old lad Yaswin, Arivazhagan, Devika, and Dhandapani, who had arrived astatine Tiruchi airdrome from Singapore connected Wednesday nighttime and were proceeding to Tiruvarur successful the van, driven by Sakthivel of Tiruchi.

When the van approached Sengipatti, the operator mislaid power of the conveyance due to the fact that of suspected fatigue and the conveyance deed the roadworthy divider and fell connected its side. Sakthivel abandoned the conveyance and ran away.

Subsequently, each the passengers were rescued by section radical and those travelling connected the road and were taken the Thanjavur Government Medical College and Hospital.

While Vijaya was declared dormant connected accomplishment astatine the hospital, the others were admitted. The Sengipatti constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are investigating.

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