Tamil Nadu news: 5 students dead, 2 injured in car-lorry collision on Chennai-Tirupati Highway

At least five students were killed, and two others were injured in a road accident near Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district, police said on Monday.

According to KK Chatram police, the car in which the students were travelling collided with a lorry while on the Chennai-Tirupati National Highway near Tiruttani.

The police said that the victims were students of a private university. An investigation into the matter is underway, they added.

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