Boy dies, 31 persons suffer injuries as mini-bus hurtles down slope along Kotagiri-Mettupalayam ghat section
The Hindu
Tragic accident in Coimbatore leaves one child dead and 31 injured after mini-bus slips down ghat section.
A seven-year-old boy died and 31 others including the driver of a mini-bus were injured when the vehicle slipped down a slope along the ghat section of Kotagiri-Mettupalayam Road on Friday night.
While seven of the injured were referred to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, the rest were treated for injuries at the Mettupalayam Government Hospital.
The accident, police sources said, occurred around 7 p.m. at a location close to Bhavanisagar Dam viewpoint on the ghat section.
The passengers, comprising 16 adults and 15 children, who were on a sight-seeing trip to Ooty from Perambur in Chennai had reached Mettupalayam on May 1.
They had hired the bus from Mettupalayam and were proceeding to board the Nilgiris Express at Mettupalayam railway station on their return trip when the accident took place.
Health Department officials rushed to Mettupalayam GH to oversee treatment of the injured. Mettupalayam MLA A.K. Selvaraj called on the injured at the GH.
The condition of the seven injured admitted to CMCH was stable, Dean A. Nirmala said.
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