Chennai: The ambulances carrying the mortal remains of arm personnel met with an accident near Mettupalayam on Thursday.
The bodies were being taken by road from Madras Regimental Centre (MRC) in Wellington in Coonoor to Sulur air base when the two accidents occurred about 45 km from Sulur air base.
Following the accident, the ambulance suffered minor damages in the front portion due to which there was a minor delay in reaching to destination.
Later, the bodies were shifted to another ambulance and taken to their destination from where they would be flown to Delhi by a special IAF aircraft for last rites.
As soon as the locals received the information of the incident, they rushed to the spot and helped the police in shifting the bodies to another ambulance.
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