18 injured as town bus rams another

THANJAVUR: A town bus rammed a newly inaugurated intercity bus in Thanjavur hours after attending the inauguration ceremony at Punnainallur Mariamman temple. Around 18 persons travelling in the town bus suffered injuries in the mishap, which occurred near the Tolkappier Square in Thanjavur on Saturday.Sources said the intercity bus was on its way to the old bus stand SETC depot, when the driver applied brakes, unaware of the situation a town bus rammed the intercity bus injuring 18 passengers.  The injured later rushed to Thanjavur Medical College hospital for treatment.  Thanjavur town traffic police are investigating the incident. The intercity bus scheduled to start service from Pattukottai to Chennai from Saturday night.  Meanwhile Housing Minister R Vaithilingam and collector K Baskaran passing on the route from Mariamman temple got down from their car and helped the injured. Later, they initiated officials to admit injured people to TMCH.