11 killed, 15 hurt as two lorries collide at Pachiperumal village near Jayankondam

JAYANKONDAM: At least 11 persons including nine women were killed and some 15 others were injured when a mini lorry in which they were travelling collided head-on with a speeding cement-laden lorry at Pachiperumal village near Jayankondam in Ariylaur district on Sunday night.

Police said the occupants of the mini lorry hailing from Pachiperumal village were returning home after attending a condolence at Pudukkudi village when the accident occurred.

While six of them were killed on the spot, rest of them succumbed to their injuries at Government hospital Jayankondam, police said.

The deceased persons were identified as Rajakumari (55), Muniyammal (60), Kasiyammal (45), Kamatchi (45), Rani (40), Chithra (30), Senthamarai (50), Saraswathy (50), Selvi, Marudhupandi (32) and Manikandan (25).

The injured were admitted to the government hospital Jayankondam, where the condition of a few of them was said to be critical.