A passenger was killed and 15 others suffered injuries when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSC) bus collided with a tipper lorry at Manalur near Tiruppuvanam in the district on Friday.
Police said the bus was proceeding towards Erode from Erwadi. The lorry from Madurai was coming in the opposite direction from Madurai. Ammachi (50), a passenger seated in the front row in the bus, died in the collision. The injured were admitted to a government hospital.
After colliding with the lorry, the bus plunged into a roadside thatched roof shed, in which workers engaged in four-lane laying work were staying. However, a possible major casualty was averted as they had gone to a nearby temple where annadhanam was served, police said.