<p>At least nine people including five women and a six-year-old girl, were killed and 27 others were injured on Friday in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu, when the State-owned transport bus in which they were travelling collided with a speeding trailer lorry at Ottakovil village.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police sources said while six were killed on the spot, three succumbed to their injuries at the government hospital.<br /><br />Of the total injured who were admitted to the Tanjavur Government Medical College Hospital, condition of 11 people was said to be critical, police said.<br /><br />The bus was going to Senthurai while the trailer lorry was coming from the opposite direction when the mishap occurred.<br /><br />The lorry driver, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition, managed to escape from the scene. Ariyalur police have registered a case and are searching for the lorry driver.<br /><br />Meanwhile, four amateur car racers, three of whom were college students, were killed on the spot while another was seriously injured when their car hit a wall near Chettipalayam, near Coimbatore district.<br /><br />They were on their way to Kari motor car race field in Coimbatore when the accident occurred.</p>
<p>At least nine people including five women and a six-year-old girl, were killed and 27 others were injured on Friday in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu, when the State-owned transport bus in which they were travelling collided with a speeding trailer lorry at Ottakovil village.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police sources said while six were killed on the spot, three succumbed to their injuries at the government hospital.<br /><br />Of the total injured who were admitted to the Tanjavur Government Medical College Hospital, condition of 11 people was said to be critical, police said.<br /><br />The bus was going to Senthurai while the trailer lorry was coming from the opposite direction when the mishap occurred.<br /><br />The lorry driver, who was allegedly in an inebriated condition, managed to escape from the scene. Ariyalur police have registered a case and are searching for the lorry driver.<br /><br />Meanwhile, four amateur car racers, three of whom were college students, were killed on the spot while another was seriously injured when their car hit a wall near Chettipalayam, near Coimbatore district.<br /><br />They were on their way to Kari motor car race field in Coimbatore when the accident occurred.</p>
