Kerala: Nine Dead, 38 Injured After Tourist Bus Collides With KSRTC Bus In Palakkad

The deceased include five students, one teacher and three passengers from the KSRTC bus. A total of 38 passengers were admitted to hospital

Nine died and 38 persons were injured after a tourist bus crashed into the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus in Vadakkenchery in Palakkad district. The tourist bus was carrying students and teachers of Baselios Vidyanikethan in Ernakulam district. The tourist bus was heading towards Ooty.

The horrific accident occurred after the tourist bus rear-ended into the KSRTC bus. The tourist bus carrying students and teachers of the Baselios Vidhyanikethan School was headed to Ooty from Ernakulam, while the KSRTC bus was on its way to Coimbatore.

The deceased include five students, one teacher and three passengers from the KSRTC bus. A total of 38 passengers were admitted to hospital. "Five people sustained serious injuries but they are said to be out of danger," state transport minister MB Rajesh said, as quoted by news agency ANI.

Further details are awaited.

Previously in another from Uttarakhand, as many as 32 people were killed and eighteen injured in the Pauri Garhwal bus accident, informed State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on October 4.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced financial assistance to the kin of the deceased in the Uttarkashi and Pauri Garhwal tragedies. On October 3, a bus carrying a wedding procession of 50 people fell into a gorge near Simdi village also in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district.