AYYAPPADEVOTEESDIED

2 Ayyappa devotees dead, 3 others hurt as lorry hits van

Erode (TN), Nov 29 (PTI): Two devotees of Lord Ayyappa

died on the spot and two others were injured in a road

accident near Perundurai in the district early Thursday,

police said.

The devotees, numbering 20, were proceeding in a van

from Vellore to the Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala, Kerala, when

their vehicle was hit by a container lorry trying to overtake

it, the police said.

Under the impact, Palani (45) and Nagarajan (44) were

killed and three other devotees injured, they said.

The injured were admitted to the government hospital

at Perundurai and their condition was said to be serious, they

added.

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