Five persons, including a child, drowned after a van with eight occupants plunged into a roadside well in this district on Saturday.
Chief Minister MK Stalin condoled the deaths and announced ex gratia. The incident happened near Sathankulam in this district when they were proceeding for a church event near here from Coimbatore. The driver of the vehicle lost control of the van while crossing Meerankulam village and it plunged into the roadside open well.
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