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Tamil Nadu Accident
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Tamil Nadu: 8 Ayyappa pilgrims killed, 2 hurt as car plunges into 40ft gorge

| @indiablooms | Dec 24, 2022, at 09:12 pm

Chennai:  At least eight Ayyappa pilgrims were killed and two others suffered serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling plunged into a 40 ft gorge on the Kumuli mountain pass in Theni district of Tamil Nadu late on Friday night.

Police said the injured included a nine-year-old boy.

A group of 10 Ayyappa pilgrims, hailing from Andipatti near Theni, were returning home after a pilgrimage to Sabarimala when the mishap took place near Iraichalpalam point on the Kumuli mountain pass.

The injured were admitted to Theni Government hospital.

(With UNI Inputs)

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