One person was killed and 10 others injured in a road accident near Vellalore in the district on Wednesday.
According to the Traffic Investigation Wing (West), 43 Ayyappa devotees from Edapadi in Salem district were travelling on a private bus to Sabarimala. The bus collided with a van on L&T By-pass Road during the early hours of the day. The driver of the van Mallaiyah (45) of Karnataka died on the spot.