Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), May 21 (PTI) Five persons, including a woman, died when a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus and a van collided in Thanjavur district on Wednesday, police said.

The mishap took place on the Nagapattinam-Tiruchi Highway at around 8 pm, they said.

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Five people in the van died on the spot and two sustained injuries. Their identities were being ascertained, police said.

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