Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8 :

 Ten people were killed and 27 others injured when a private bus hit a road divider and upturned early on Friday in Tamil Nadu, a Kerala minister said.

Three of the dead and around 20 of the injured hail from Kerala.

“A medical team from Kerala has been sent to Tirunelveli where the accident took place,” Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala told the media here.

The dead include five men, three women and two children. (IANS)