Chennai, Nov. 24 -- Six people, including four women, were killed and 56 others injured in head-on collision involving two private buses at Kadayanallur in the southern Tenkasi district, about 620 km from Chennai.
The collision occurred on the Thirumangalam-Kollam National Highway and on information police, fire and rescue services and revenue personnel rushed to the spot.
Local people, too, joined the rescue effort. The injured were shifted to hospitals in ambulances. Since the buses were mangled, rescue personnel battled hard to bring out those trapped inside.
Initially, reports pout the toll at 8, but Chief Minister MK Stalin in his condolence message, expressing deep anguish and shock to learn the death of six passengers, has directe...