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Three people, including 2 women, were killed aft the car they were travelling in collided with a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) autobus adjacent Vettavalam colony connected the Chittoor-Cuddalore Highway, adjacent to Tiruvannamalai town.
Police identified the deceased arsenic S. Kalaivanan (60), B. Pounnu Ammal (70), Kanagavalli (36), and V. Govindaraj (42), each relatives from Vengaikaal colony nether Tiruvannamalai Corporation limits.
Initial inquiries revealed that the radical was taking Pounnu Ammal, who had been unwell, to a infirmary successful Villupuram for treatment. The driver, Kalaivanan, reportedly mislaid power of the car and deed the oncoming authorities bus, which was travelling from Villupuram to Bengaluru with astir 35 passengers.
Kanagavalli died astatine the scene. The 3 different car occupants were injured but were rescued by motorists and passersby and admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital successful Tiruvannamalai. Pounnu Ammal and Kalaivanan aboriginal succumbed to their injuries. All autobus passengers and unit escaped unhurt. The autobus operator fled the country and remains astatine large.
The Vettavalam constabulary person registered a case. The bodies person been sent for postmortem, and the mangled car was towed distant to reconstruct traffic. An probe is underway.
