TN Minister for Sports and Youth welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured in the accident.
Tiruchirappalli: Tamil Nadu Minister for Environment and Pollution Control and Minorities Welfare N Mariam Pitchai died in a road accident in Tiruvelangurichi, about 40 km from Tiruchirappalli, early on Monday morning.
Minister for Sports and Youth welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured when their vehicle collided with another moving ahead of their convoy while they were proceeding to Chennai after garlanding the statue of community leader Perumpidugumutharyar, police said.
The body of Pitchai, aged 60, has been brought to Madurai.
Pithchai, who was the councillor of Tiruchi corporation, had won from the Tiruchirappalli west constituency defeating former Transport Minister KN Nehru in the April 13 Assembly elections.
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