Date:12/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/12/stories/2008051250320100.htm

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Ten killed in accidents in State

Kerala Bureau

Four of a family killed as tipper lorry rams autorickshaw

Thiruvananthapuram: Ten persons were killed in five separate accidents in various parts of the State on Sunday.

In Alappuzha, four members of a family, including a five-month-old infant, were killed when a tipper lorry rammed an autorickshaw they were travelling in at Karipuzha, near Haripad.

The police identified the victims as Suran, 50, his wife Shobha, 42, Suran’s brother Bhaskaran’s daughter-in-law Geena, 22, and Geena’s son, Amit . According to the police, the accident occurred at 2.15 p.m. .

Eyewitnesses said the tipper lorry was speeding and rammed the autorickshaw, killing Suran, Geena and Amit on the spot. Shobha died at a private hospital a few hours later. The driver and cleaner of the lorry fled the spot.

In Palakkad, two persons were killed near Thottupalam at Thannerpandal, near Kinasseri, when a moped they were riding collided with a private transport bus. The police identified the victims as Sivadas, 60, and Kittuchamni, 42.

In Thiruvananthapuram, a 28-year-old man and a college girl were killed in a collision involving a motorbike and a scooter at Venpalavattam in the evening. The police identified the youth as Abhiram of Nedumangad. He was riding the motorbike. The girl was identified as Nitya of Palkulangara and a student of All Saints College. Fini, another student of the college, was injured in the accident.

In Thrissur, BMS district joint secretary K.S. Sunil, 43, died after a car in which he was travelling collided with another at Alur on the Chalakudy-Irinjalakuda route. Eleven persons travelling in the other car were injured.

An autorickshaw driver, Shiju, 23, was killed when the vehicle collided with a car at Kodungalloor. Four persons who were travelling in the autorickshaw were injured.