13 contractual employees of NLC India Limited (NLCIL) were injured on Wednesday when a tipper lorry in which they were traveling collided with Mines II at Neyveli near here.
Police said the workers employed by a contractor were on their way to Mines II when the van collided with a tipper lorry coming in the opposite direction.
Of the 13 injured, three were admitted to Puducherry’s Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), while others were treated at the NLCIL General Hospital.