Tamil Nadu: Seven killed after car collides with lorry at Chengam in Thiruvannamalai District

Tamil Nadu: At least seven people lost their lives after a car collided with a Lorry at Chengam in Thiruvannamalai District on Sunday (October 15). Chengam Police has registered a case and an investigation is underway, officials said. 

While the cause of the accident is being probed, four men and a woman, besides the two children were killed on the spot, Chengam town police said.

The accident occurred on the Tiruvannamalai-Bengaluru highway and the occupants of the car were returning to the Karnataka capital after visiting a temple in Tamil Nadu.

Another woman who was rushed to a government hospital succumbed to her injuries and in total, eight persons were killed, police added.

(more details awaited)