Chennai, May 17 -- Five people were killed and 27 others injured in a multiple collision involving
a private bus, tractor and a maxi cab at Chinna Vadugapatti village in Karur district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
The accident occurred on the Namakkal-Karur National Highway and all the deceased are travelling in the maxi cab, police said.
Police said the private bus proceeding to Nagercoil from Bengaluru rammed into a tractor while
trying to overtake it, jumped the median and then collided with a Maxi cab heading towards Salem from Kovilpatti, in the opposite lane.
In the accident, four people--Sasikumar (52), Arun Tirupathi (45), his son Kamatchi Aswin (10),
Ezhil Datchana (12)--were killed on the spot, while Hemavarshini (20), who sus...