Chennai, April 30 Six people died while 30 others were injured in a road accident after a tourist bus overturned near Yercaud in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.

The accident occured when the driver of the bus, travelling from Yercaud to Salem, lost control while passing through a hairpin bend and the vehicle with 40 people onboard overturned.

More details on the incident are awaited.

--IANS

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