DHARMAPURI: Four people died and some others sustained injuries in a multi-vehicle collision on the Bengaluru-Salem Nation Highway on Saturday evening. The accident happened in the Thoppur ghat area of the NH in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu.
A cement-laden truck broke down on the road, causing a traffic jam. While traffic police and Thoppur highway patrol personnel were clearing traffic, a trailer truck that was heading to Salem from Dharmapuri rammed a vehicle moving in front of it, leading to collisions involving a total of 12 vehicles, including cars and two-wheelers , said district collector S P Karthika.
The injured were rushed to the government hospitals in Salem and Dharmapuri districts.
The Thoppur police initiated an inquiry.