THENI: Fifteen passengers, including seven women and two children, were killed and 89 injured when an overspeeding private bus collided with another bus near Andipatti in this district tonight.
The speeding bus rammed into the oncoming private bus, skidded and overturned under the impact of the collision at S S Puram junction, about 16 km from here, police said.
Fourteen people died on the spot while a man succumbed to injuries at the Theni Government Medical College Hospital, where the injured have been admitted.
As many as 26 passengers sustained serious head injuries and five of them, in a critical condition, were shifted to Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, about 80 km from here, hospital sources said.
One bus was proceeding towards Madurai from Chinnamanur while the other was on its way here from Madurai when the accident occurred.