Perambalur, Sept. 3 -- Two people were killed on the spot, and six others sustained serious injuries in a road accident on the Chennai-Trichy National Highway near the Perambalur Four Roads flyover on Thursday morning.

According to police, a private omni bus carrying passengers from Chennai to Madurai was travelling on the Chennai-Trichy National Highway. When the bus was crossing the Perambalur Four Roads flyover, it allegedly rammed into a truck travelling ahead of it.

The truck was carrying cement slabs from Villupuram to Pudukkottai for use at a weighbridge.

In the impact, two passengers, Pon Balthurai of Singampunari in Tirupattur district and Thirunavukkarasu of Manali in Tiruvallur district, died on the spot.

On receiving infor...