11 killed in road mishaps

By Our Staff Reporter

KOZHIKODE, AUG. 13. Eleven persons, including two women, were killed and 32 seriously injured in two separate road mishaps, one in Kasaragod district and the other in Kozhikode district, today.

While eight persons were killed in a collision between a KSRTC bus and a private bus on the National Highway at Mangalpadi, under the Kumbala police station limits this morning, three persons were run over when a private bus, bound for Kalpetta from Kozhikode, lost control while trying to avoid a vehicle in front of the Kunnamangalam bus stand.

The first accident occurred when the KSRTC bus, bound for Mangalore, rammed into the Mangalore-Kasaragod private bus near the Mangalpadi Government High School. All the deceased and the majority of those injured were passengers of the KSRTC bus.

The deceased have been identified as Keezhur Hassan (40) of Bandiyode near Uppala, M.B. Aboobacker (45) of Kumbala, Jagadeesh Kudlu (32) of Kudlu, Paithal Latheef (45) of Mogral, Pradeep Shetty (30) of Mangalore, Kallyani (61) of Neeleswaram, Haneefa (30) of Kadavath and Sr. Anne Mathew (27) of Lourde Convent in Ernakulam. According to police, three of them died on the spot while the remaining succumbed to their injuries either on way to or at the hospital in nearby Mangalore.

The three persons who were run over at Kunnamangalam were identified as Sadanandan, a resident near REC, District Treasurer, Kerala Congress (M), Apputty of Kunnamangalam and Abdul Lateef, a tenth standard student of the Marqus School.

The police said that 10 of the injured who suffered serious injuries in the accident at Mangalpadi have been admitted to the Unity Hospital in Mangalore. They have been identified as Raghavan (45) of Neeleswaram, Padmini (50) of Kadanthakad, Muhammad (45) of Kumbala, Shibu (30) of Kunnumkai, M.B. Suresh (51) of Thaikadappuram, Sundara (55), his wife Suseela (55) of Mullerya, Abdulla (25) of Kodalamugur, Latheef Choori (30) of Adinagar and Indira of Mangalore. The condition of Indira was stated to be critical.

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