Seven men including five Assam natives, were killed on the spot after a SUV in which they were travelling collided with a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus on Tindivanam-Krishnagiri National Highway 77 at Anthanoor bus stop near Chengam town in Tiruvannamalai district on Monday, October 23, 2023.
This is the second major accident in the district in recent days. On October 15, seven persons including two children and a woman had died after the car they were travelling collided with a lorry near Chengam town.
Police identified the victims as R. Kuncha Rai (24), S. Narayan Sethi (35), C. Bhinmal Tirth (28), B. Dallu (26), and V. Nicholas (22), all natives of Assam; and S. Puneeth Kumar (23) and G. Kamaraj (29), who hailed from Denkanikottai and Marampatti villages in Krishnagiri district respectively.
