Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Three Killed in Perambalur Collision; Nine Die in Bus Fire
A car crashed into the back of a bus near Perambalur in Tamil Nadu.
Three people in the car died, and four others were badly hurt.
The travelers had been returning to Chennai after a family wedding.
Police took the injured people to hospitals and began investigating the crash.
One injured man later died in hospital.
In another accident in Greater Noida, a passenger bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway.
Nine people died in that fire.
Survivors said there was thick smoke and confusion as passengers tried to escape.
The cause of the bus fire was not stated.
Three people died and four others were seriously injured when a car struck the rear of a private omnibus near Thuraimangalam on NH-38.
The Perambalur crash occurred early Thursday as a group returned to Chennai after attending a wedding in Ramanathapuram district.
Two car occupants died at the scene, while Karthi later died during treatment at Perambalur Government Hospital.
Police registered a case and questioned omnibus driver Rajaseelan as part of the investigation.
In a separate incident, nine people died after a passenger bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida late Wednesday night.
- Who
- Car occupants, including Karthi, Kaja alias Kaliswaran, Prabhakaran, Surya, Kannadasan, John Kennedy and Saranya, were involved in the Perambalur crash; nine bus passengers died in the separate Greater Noida fire.
- What
- A car collided with the rear of a private omnibus near Perambalur, while a separate passenger bus caught fire in Greater Noida.
- When
- The Perambalur collision occurred early Thursday; the Greater Noida bus fire occurred late Wednesday night on 23 September.
- Where
- The collision occurred near Thuraimangalam on the Trichy-Chennai National Highway, NH-38, in Perambalur district; the fire occurred under the Jewar police station area on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida.
- Why
- Police said the car hit the omnibus at high speed; the cause of the Greater Noida bus fire was not stated.
- Perambalur deaths
- Three people died in the car-bus collision.
- Perambalur injuries
- Four people were seriously injured, including two women.
- Collision location
- Near Thuraimangalam on NH-38 in Perambalur district.
- Travel purpose
- The group was returning to Chennai after attending Karthi's brother's wedding.
- Police action
- Perambalur Town Police registered a case and questioned omnibus driver Rajaseelan.
- Greater Noida deaths
- Nine people, including one woman and eight men, died when a passenger bus caught fire.
- Greater Noida location
- The bus fire occurred on the Yamuna Expressway under the Jewar police station area.