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NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 9:

        A total of 11 persons were killed and many injured in two different mishaps that occurred in various parts of Tamilnadu early today.

        In a fateful incident which took toll of six lives, a bus heading towards Chennai from Madurai hit a lorry which was standing on the roadside on Trichy-Chennai National Highway at Chepakkam at 1 am.

        Six persons including an officer of the State Transport Corporation died in the accident. The names of the victims were given as: Vijayakumar (55), Sonaimuthu (50), Valliammai (55), Jeevarathinam (50) and Thenmozhi (45). It is said that identity of another deceased was not known. Seven others with injuries were admitted to a nearby government hospital. Veppur police has filed a case and conducting further investigations.

        In the other accident, which took place at Kosappet in Dharmapuri district, two lorries collided head-on. The mishap occurred when driver of a lorry tried to avoid an oncoming tourist bus.

        Five persons, all drivers and labourers of the two lorries, died in the mishap. Their names were given as: Rathinam (45), Palanisamy (30), Selvam (35), Anbu and Srinivasan. Also, the driver of the tourist bus was injured. Thoppur police have filed a case.