Five, including 2 from UP, killed in Kerala mishaps

Kochi, Mar 10 (UNI) Five people, including two men from Uttar Pradesh, were killed and nine people injured in two separate mishaps in the Ernakulam and Thrissur districts of Kerala today.

Laloo, 27 and Bharat Yadav were killed when a car, being driven by a local college student, went out of control and hit the two at Chakaraparambu under Edapally police station in the city this afternoon. One more person, identified as Mohd. Kunju, 60, was also killed in the mishap, police said.

Four others were injured in the mishap. They were identified as Unnikrishnan, 32, Basheer, 29, Ashique, 44, and Prema Antony, 34.

The college student has been taken into police custody.

In the other incident in Thrissur district,two youngsters from Kochi were killed and five others injured when their vehicle swerved and hit the roadside while trying to avoid a collision with another vehicle.

The deceased were identified as Sunil, 25, and Bineesh, 23. They were on way to Palakkad from Ernakulam.

UNI