While the cause of the accident was being probed, initial enquiries revealed that the car swerved in the opposite direction of the road.
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Seven persons were killed and a woman was seriously injured after a car and truck collided head on in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, 15 October, said the local police.
While the cause of the accident was being probed, initial enquiries revealed that the car swerved in the opposite direction of the road, a Chengam police official told PTI.
Later in the day, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed his condolences and announced solatium for the deceased and the injured.
The Chengam police had initially said eight persons were killed in the accident. The accident occurred on the Tiruvannamalai-Bengaluru National Highway.
A sub-divisional police official later said the death toll was seven and the injured woman was being treated in a state-run hospital.
The deceased are said to include two children.
The occupants of the car were reportedly returning to Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru after visiting a temple in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, in a statement, said he was “deeply saddened” by the incident.
He said in the statement that he was extending his condolences “to the families and relatives of the deceased”.
He said he has ordered a solatium of ₹2 lakh to the families of each of the deceased and an assistance of ₹1 lakh to the injured woman.
திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டத்தில் சாலை விபத்தில் உயிரிழந்தவர்களின் குடும்பத்தினருக்கு ஆறுதல் மற்றும் நிதியுதவியை மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் அறிவித்துள்ளார். pic.twitter.com/I2qIZ9LSVm
— CMOTamilNadu (@CMOTamilnadu) October 15, 2023
AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami also condoled the deaths.
(With PTI inputs)
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