Chennai, Jul 18 (IANS): Nine persons died in a head-on collision between a bus and a van in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday morning, said police.
According to the police, the bus, heading towards Coimbatore from Chennai, collided with the pick-up van carrying 14 passengers in Kallakurichi, 244 km away from here, police said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem to a government hospital, police said.