School minivan plunges into Tamil Nadu gorge, killing nine

Nine people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in a minivan accident in Tamil Nadu while on an excursion from Kerala.

A shocking incident happened recently in Tamil Nadu, where nine people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in a minivan accident. In the accident, four others were injured near Tamil Nadu’s Valparai-Pollachighat road on Friday.

Minivan plunges into Tamil Nadu gorge and kills nine people.

A minivan plunged into a Tamil Nadu gorge and killed nine people in the accident that happened on Friday. A 12-year-old boy was killed in the accident, while four others were injured. The minivan carrying a group of teachers and students from Kerala lost control and plunged into a gorge. The group from the Government Lower Primary School in Kerala’s Malappuram district was travelling to Athirappilly and Pollachi, as part of a summer vacation excursion, when they met with the fatal accident.

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Speaking about the accident, Chittoor deputy superintendent of police Kuttykrishnan said, “Nine persons have been identified as dead, and four others who are injured have been admitted to the Medical College hospital in Coimbatore. We are given to understand that there were 13 persons in the van, including the driver.” He added, “The minivan is reported to have slipped off the ghat road near the hair pin bend number 13 and falling into a gorge and landing close to the hairpin bend number 9. The group were travelling from Valparai to Pollachi when the accident occurred. Reasons for the accident are unclear at the moment.”

The deceased were identified as Ajitha (54), the school head-mistress, Ramla (52), Suhara (43), Asha (41), Majeed (43), Sajitha (45), Shakeela (37), Rukhiya (39) and Hisham (12). Most of the deceased are teachers of the government school. Gopalan, a non-teaching staff member at the school, told reporters that the group had left for the one-day excursion on Friday morning.