Three people, including a toddler, were reportedly killed in Kerala’s Thrissur district after a car lost control and rammed into their motorcycle in the Kunnamkulam area.
The car and motorcycle were completely damaged in the accident. “This is a very sorrowful incident for me. The ( Keralam ) government intervened, conducted the post-mortem here and handed over the bodies. The Tamil Nadu government has been informed,” he was quoted as saying.
The deceased have been identified as Muneer (35), his wife Safna (25), and their three-year-old son Yamil Aibak, residents of Edakkazhiyur in Chavakkad, police said, news agency ANI reported.
The car driver was allegedly drunk at the time of the accident, police told news agency PTI. The car and two passengers travelling in it have been taken into custody, while the driver is absconding, they said. In a separate accident, eight people were killed late on Friday night when a car carrying eight people, including students of an engineering College from Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu hit the rear of a parked lorry on the highway at Panambikkunnu in Kaipamangalam. The Tamil Nadu Assembly would discuss the road accident to decide on compensation for the bereaved families would be taken, Tamil Nadu Minister S Rajesh Kumar on Sunday. As the TN Assembly is currently in session, details of the incident and the government’s next steps for the affected families would be reported in the House on Monday, he said.
Meanwhile, a car travelling in the same direction lost control and crashed into the motorcycle. They had stopped their motorcycle on the roadside to receive a phone call. The accident reportedly took place around midnight on Saturday on the Guruvayur-Kunnamkulam road when the family was returning home from a wedding ceremony.
