Namakkal: Two persons died and 10 others sustained severe injuries, when an omnibus flipped to one side after it rammed into a crane-vehicle near here on Saturday.
Police said one L. Rajkumar, 42, a resident of Kolathur, was on way to Madurai, on his own crane.
Dinakarn, 38, was driving the crane and two more workers Rajkumar and Suresh were travelling with them in the vehicle.
When the crane was approaching Paramathi Velur on Salem-Madurai NH in the wee hours, an omnibus rammed into the crane.
The bus lost control and fell on one side after hitting a nearby compound wall.
The bus was returning to Madurai from Bengaluru. In this accident, Rajkumar and a passenger of the bus Palanisamy, 26, succumbed to the injuries on the spot.
Ten others including the drivers and passengers of the bus sustained severe injuries. On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued them.
They were admitted at a private hospital in Namakkal. The Paramathi Velur police have registered a case and began investigation.
