Fourteen people were injured when the van in which they were travelling collided head-on with a container lorry in Puthur village near Uthukottai in Tiruvallur district on Wednesday evening. The van, carrying employees of a garment manufacturing unit in Poonamallee, was on its way to drop them home. The lorry was on its way to Tiruvallur from Uthukottai when the accident took place around 6 p.m. Thirteen women and R. Prakash (35), the driver, were hurt. They were taken to hospital and are out of danger.
Engineer injured in attack
CHENNAI: A 53-year-old engineer, working with the construction wing of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, was stabbed in Adambakkam on Wednesday.
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Police said, Kumar, the victim left his home on Ekambara Dafedar Street in Adambakkam around 9 a.m. While he was waiting for an autorickshaw, two men on a motorcycle stabbed him.
Local residents took Kumar a hospital. private hospital nearby from where he was shifted to another hospital in Manapakkam. Police said the motive behind the attack was not known immediately. A case has been registered and probe is on.