Chennai: Four Malayalees died in a car accident in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi. The deceased have been identified as Ashokan, wife Shailaja and one-year-old grandson Aarav, a resident of Chala, Thiruvananthapuram. One of the dead has not been identified. The accident happened this morning while returning from Palani temple.
10 relatives of the deceased went to Thoothukudi yesterday to visit the temple in Innova. The accident happened after it collided with a bus after returning. Six relatives are undergoing treatment in a private hospital. They went to Tamilnadu in connection with the baby’s hair cutting ceremony.
Meanwhile, a car rammed into the back of a parked van near Parashala Kurumnkutty RTO check post in Thiruvananthapuram, injuring three people. Shahul, couple Hameed, Shakina and their son Abdul Rahman, natives of Nagercoil, were admitted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.
Abdul Rahman’s condition is serious. The accident happened when he was returning home from Thiruvananthapuram airport. The car hit the back of the van which was parked near the RTO check post. The front of the car was completely destroyed.It is concluded that the cause of the accident was lack of light at the check post and drizzling rain.
