Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu), Nov 6 Three women workers were killed, and 20 others sustained severe injuries when their van overturned and collided with a government bus at Payyanur on the Old Mahabalipuram Road here on Friday, police said.
The incident took place when a tourist van was transporting employees from Mamallapuram to a company in Kelambakkam.
According to the Mamallapuram police, the van driver lost control of the vehicle after a cow suddenly crossed its path. The van overturned and collided with a government bus travelling in the opposite direction, from Thiruporur towards Mamallapuram.
Three women travelling in the van died on the spot. Emergency responders — 108 ambulances and police personnel — rushed to the site and shifted the 20 injured women to a hospital for treatment.
Further investigations into the accident are underway, police added.
(PTI News)
