1 dead,53 injured in three different accidents

Tiruchirapalli, July 13 (UNI) One person was killed and 53 injured in three different road accidents in Tiruchirapalli, Karur and Ariyalur districts of Tamil Nadu today.

Police said, a cyclist was run over by a speeding lorry at Karumandapam, on the outskirts of the city early today.

The deceased was identified as Palani of Ramjee Nagar.

As many as 30 people were injured when a State Transport Corporation bus, proceeding to Coimbatore from here in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a lorry at Elavangkattupudur village on the Karur-Coimbatore national highway near Karur.

The injured were admitted to private and government hospitals at Karur, police said.

In another incident, 23 people were injured when a Government owned bus in which they were travelling collided with a cement-laden mini lorry at Maruthaiyan Kovil village on the Ariyalur-Perambalur highway near Ariyalur.

While 21 injured were treated at the Government hospital in Ariyalur, two others were referred to Government Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur, police added.

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