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B'luru-Kerala bus rams into lorry in Tirupur; 19 killed

10:02 AM Feb 20, 2020 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru/Coimbatore: Nineteen people, including six women, were killed when a Kerala state government bus collided head-on with a container lorry near Tamil Nadu’s Avanashi town in Tirupur district, on Thursday, officials said.

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The bus was going to Thiruvananthapuram from Bengaluru, while the lorry was coming from the opposite direction on the Coimbatore-Salem Highway when the mishap occurred at 4.30 am, police said

Of the 48 passengers in the bus, 19 died on the spot and remaining sustained injuries.

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