A road accident in the Valparai-Pollachi ghat section of Coimbatore district (a hilly area in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu) has claimed a tenth life after Noushad Ali, a 39-year-old school driver from Malappuram, Kerala, died early on Wednesday. Ali was among those injured when a van carrying tourists from Kerala veered off the road while navigating the 13th hairpin bend, plunging down to the 9th hairpin bend on April 17. The rising toll underscores the dangers of the steep and winding mountain roads commonly used by tourists travelling to the Valparai hill station.