19 dead after truck hits bus in Tamil Nadu

February 20, 2020 08:47

Nineteen people -- 14 men and 5 women -- died after the bus in which they were travelling in collided with a container that had come off a truck coming from the opposite side on a highway in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore, the police said.

The Kerala government-run bus with 48 passengers was going to Erode. The police said the number of dead is likely to rise.

The bus could seat over 50 people. Reports said the tyre of the truck burst while it was in speed, and the container got detached and rolled on to the road before colliding with the bus.

Rescuers have reached the accident site and are trying to find survivors in the debris.

The driver of the truck that was coming from Coimbatore is on the run, the police said.

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