Five killed as bus stand roof collapses in Coimbatore

In an unfortunate incident, at least nine people were killed when the roof of a bus stand collapsed in Somanur on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Thursday.

Chennai: In an unfortunate incident, five persons, including three women, were killed when the roof of a bus stand collapsed in Somanur on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Thursday.

The accident occurred at the Somanur bus stand. Coimbatore is around 500 km from here.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami condoled the deaths and announced a solatium of Rs four lakh each to their families from the state disaster relief fund.

He sanctioned aid of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 each to those with severe and simple injuries respectively from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund.