Eight persons suffered injuries when a private omni bus proceeding to Rameswaram from Chennai collided with a TNSTC bus that was heading towards Madurai from Rameswaram, on the Pamban Bridge near Rameswaram on Wednesday.
According to police, 37 passengers were travelling in the TNSTC bus. The omni bus was driven by R. Krishnamurthy (40). During the accident, both the buses suffered damage and eight persons including the passengers of the TNSTC bus and the omni bus driver, suffered multiple injuries and were rushed to the Ramanathapuram Medical College Hospital for treatment.
Pamban police team rushed to the accident spot and traffic on the Pamban Bridge had to be suspended for about 45 minutes from 7 a.m. to 7.45 a.m., police said.
