Two members killed, 58 injured at wedding party as bus plunges into irrigation tank near Rajapalayam

Two radical astatine a matrimony enactment were killed connected the spot, and 58 others were injured erstwhile a speeding backstage autobus got upset and fell into an irrigation vessel adjacent Dhalavaipuram connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) night.

The deceased were identified arsenic A. Selvam (55) and K. Kamatchi (50) of Kunnoor. The injured were rushed to the Government infirmary successful Rajapalayam.

The constabulary said a matrimony enactment had gone from Kunnoor to Ilanthiraikondan adjacent Dhalavaipuram to bring the bride. The autobus travelled hardly 2 kms from the bride’s location erstwhile the driver, Gopalakrishnan (28), attempted to negociate a turning connected the constrictive roadworthy and mislaid power pursuing which the conveyance plunged into an irrigation vessel astatine astir 10.30 p.m.

Police and section radical rescued the injured from the mangled remains of the bus.

Social Welfare Minister, K. Jegadeshwari, visited the infirmary wherever the injured were treated. District Collector, N.O. Sukhaputra, and Superintendent of Police, Gautam Goyal, besides met the injured.