Seventeen passengers suffered injuries after a TNSTC bus in which they were travelling overturned on Madurai Bypass Road near Mapillaioorani here on Wednesday.
The bus proceeding to Tiruchendur crashed over the median after the driver had lost his control over the vehicle and the bus overturned. Nine women and eight men were injured. While 16 injured were admitted to Government Medical College Hospital here, others were under treatment in a private hospital. Based on a complaint lodged by R. John Rathinam (53), conductor of the bus, the Sipcot police have registered a case.