<p>Collector of Krishnagiri district was today injured in a road accident that left her assistant dead at Namasparai town.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Collector Pooja Kulkarni, along with Deputy Tahsildar Jaishankar, her assistant and driver were on their way to Dharmapuri in a car when it rammed into a bus near a bus stand at Namasparai near Krishnagiri, police said.<br /><br />The assistant, Muniraj, died while being taken to hospital, they said.<br /><br />Kulkarni was taken to a government hospital at Krishnagiri, which referred her to a private hospital in Bangalore, they said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa expressed shock over the accident and condoled the death of the assistant.<br /><br />In a statement, she also announced a solatium of Rs one lakh to Muniraj's family from the chief minister's Public Relief Fund and wished the injured a speedy recovery. <br /></p>
<p>Collector of Krishnagiri district was today injured in a road accident that left her assistant dead at Namasparai town.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Collector Pooja Kulkarni, along with Deputy Tahsildar Jaishankar, her assistant and driver were on their way to Dharmapuri in a car when it rammed into a bus near a bus stand at Namasparai near Krishnagiri, police said.<br /><br />The assistant, Muniraj, died while being taken to hospital, they said.<br /><br />Kulkarni was taken to a government hospital at Krishnagiri, which referred her to a private hospital in Bangalore, they said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa expressed shock over the accident and condoled the death of the assistant.<br /><br />In a statement, she also announced a solatium of Rs one lakh to Muniraj's family from the chief minister's Public Relief Fund and wished the injured a speedy recovery. <br /></p>