At least twenty people are feared dead and dozens have suffered injuries when a bus collided head-on with a truck in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />The accident happened on February 20, 3:30 am. A Volvo bus of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation on its way to Ernakulam from Bengaluru collided with a truck at Avinashi in Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />The horrific accident left twenty-three injured, and some of them are reported to have suffered serious injuries.<br /><br />The officials have confirmed the death of seven on the spot and the death toll is feared to go up further.<br /><br />Transport minister AK Saseendran said injured passengers had been rushed to the hospital while the rescue operations are still ongoing.<br /><br />“We recovered twenty bodies from the damaged bus. All bodies have been shifted to Tiruppur Government Hospital. A couple of the injured are critical and efforts are on to provide the best possible treatment to them,” said Tiruppur District Collector K Vijay Karthikeyan.<br /><br />Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has expressed his condolences and directed officials to provide all assistance to the injured.
