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Eight of family dead in Tamil Nadu road accident
Eight members of a family were killed after a head-on collision between a van and a privately owned public transport vehicle, police said.
Updated on: Aug 20, 2008, 22:49:20 IST
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Eight members of a family, including three women, were killed after a head-on collision between a van and a privately owned public transport vehicle on Wednesday, police said.
The family was returning from a pilgrimage near here in a small van that collided with the other vehicle at high speed, police said.
The bodies were handed over to relatives after the post-mortem. No arrests were made so far, officials added.
Situated some 450 km southwest of capital Chennai, the vicinity of this temple town has been witnessing a spate of accidents in recent times.
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