<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, five people lost their lives in a road accident  near Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district early this morning.<br />''<br />''Police sources said that the accident occurred when a car and a van had a head on collision. All the victims were travelling in the car.<br />''<br />'' Twenty people in the van sustained minor injuries and are undergoing treatment in a nearby government hospital.</span><br />