When the truck hit it from behind, the tourist van fell on the women resting near a median waiting for its tyre repair to be completed. At least 10 other people were injured in the accident in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupattur district.
A 39-year-old woman, identified as Pappathi, took her own life by throwing herself in front of a moving bus in Salem. The alleged motive behind her desperate act was her hope that any compensation resulting from her death would aid her children in paying their college fees. Pappathi had been working as a temporary sweeper at the Salem collectorate., Chennai News, Times Now