Tiruchirappali, July 25: Two persons were killed on the spot and five others were injured when a lorry ploughed into a group of passengers who were standing at the rodeside near Siruvanur village on the Tiruchirapalli-Chennai National Highway, here today.
Police said the accident occured when a group of passengers, travelling in a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus which was proceeding to Tiruchiraplli alighted from the bus and were standing on the roadside as the bus had developed a snag.
The deceased were identified as Duraiswamy (32) and Mangudiyan (52) of Ariantangi in Pudukottai district. The injured were admitted to Government Headquarters Hospital here, police added.
—-Agencies