Seventeen people were killed and eight injured when a Van carrying tourists plunged into a roadside farm well at Thalapathi Sammuthiram, about 40 km from Tirunelveli, early on Saturday, police said. They said the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a corner, hit a boy and rammed into the wall of the 16-metre well before plunging into it. The boy was among those killed. The Van was proceeding to Kanyakumari from Virudhunagar when the mishap occurred. Eight people, four men and four women, who were injured, when they jumped out of the Van, were admitted to the Tirunelveli government hospital, the police said. Bureau Report