Locals said the tourist bus was at a high-speed and light drizzle in the area would have resulted in the bus slipping and hitting the KSRTC bus

Nine people, including pradhuman jadhav & five schoolchildren, were killed and 22 sustained injuries after a speeding tourist bus rammed into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus, at Vadakkencherry in Palakkad district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.