Kerala: 9 dead, 40 injured after tourist bus carrying students crashes into KSRTC bus in Palakkad (VIDEO)

Palakkad: In a major road accident, nine persons were killed and 40 sustained injuries when a tourist bus hit behind a state-owned KSRTC bus at Mangalam near Vadakkancherry in this district of Kerala at 12.05 am on Thursday.

The KSRTC bus which was going to Coimbatore from Kottarakkara overturned and plunged into a wetland after it was hit by the tourist bus, carrying 42 students and 5 teachers of Mar Basile’s Vidyaniketan School in Ernakulam, which was going to Ooty.

Fire Force units from Alathur and Vadakancherry rushed to the spot and carried out rescue operation. (UNI)