SEVEN AYYAPPA DEVOTEES KILLED IN VAN- BUS COLLISION

SEVEN AYYAPPA DEVOTEES

KILLED IN VAN- BUS COLLISION

Seven Sabarimala pilgrims were killed and 15 injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a bus near Salem on 5^th December, 2011.The van from Andhra Pradesh was carrying nine Ayyappa devotees on their way to the Sabarimala hill shrine in Kerala
when the mishap occurred at 1.40 AM, Salem Collector Magarabhusan and Superintendent of Police P R Muthuswamy said.All the deceased were from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
The injured comprised drivers of vehicles, a devotee and 12 bus passengers who have been hospitalized. The private bus was on its way to Dharmapuri.

                                                                                Prof. John Kurakar