Eight including two children killed in road accident in Tamil Nadu

Tiruvannamalai (TN), Oct 15 (PTI) Eight persons, including two children, were killed after a car and truck collided head-on near here on Sunday, police said.

While the cause of the accident is being probed, four men and a woman, besides the two children were killed on the spot, Chengam town police said.

The accident occurred on the Tiruvannamalai-Bengaluru highway and the occupants of the car were returning to the Karnataka capital after visiting a temple in Tamil Nadu.

Another woman who was rushed to a government hospital succumbed to her injuries and in total, eight persons were killed, police added.