CHENNAI: More than 25 passengers were injured after a TNSTC bus collided with a private factory bus near Vadakkupattu on the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam highway in Kancheepuram district on Saturday morning.
According to police, Loganathan of Chengalpattu was driving the TNSTC bus from Chengalpattu to Tiruvallur. As the bus, which was carrying more than 40 passengers, reached Vadakkupattu near Oragadam, the private factory bus carrying workers took a sudden turn. Loganathan was unable to avoid the vehicle, which crashed into the side of the TNSTC bus, police said.
Over 25 passengers travelling in both buses sustained injuries. Local residents alerted the Oragadam police, who rushed to the spot and rescued the injured passengers. They were taken by 108 ambulances to government hospitals in Chengalpattu and Sriperumbudur.
A case has been registered and further investigation is under way.