CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday announced solatium of Rs 2 lakh each to the families who lost their kin in Tiruchirappalli road accident.

Five people were killed and 43 persons were injured in a road accident involving a mofussil bus of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) and a car on the Trichy-Dindigul national highway (NH) near Manapparai in Trichy district on Sunday evening.

Five occupants of the car identified as P Nagarathinam, 36, M Muthamilselvan, 48, G Manikandan, 25, R Ayyappan, 20, and S Dheenadayalan 20, were killed on the spot.

''I express my deepest condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families and friends,'' Stalin said in a release and directed the officials to pay Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund.