Five dead as bus hits tree

FARIDABAD, October 7: Five Tamil pilgrims including two women were killed and two critically injured when a tourist bus they were travelling in from Mathura to Delhi reportedly lost control and crashed into a tree at Bani Khera village near Palwal around 11.30 p.m. last night. All the dead were reportedly seated in the front of the bus which the 38 pilgrims had collectively hired in Delhi on Tuesday.

The dead have been identified as K.M. Kannan Gowdar (65), R. Manohari (46), Sundaram (65), S. Kanaka (39) and Raja Manikam (54). The driver is absconding.