5 people, including 2 kids, killed in separate road mishaps

Alappuzha, Mar 30 (UNI) Five people, including two children, were killed while one child was seriously injured in two mishaps on National Highway-47, near Kayamkulam, in this district today, police said.

In the first mishap in the morning, an eight-year-old school boy, Kannan, who was crossing the road, was killed after being hit by a tipper lorry. Infuriated residents of the area burnt the tipper lorry, police said.

In the other accident in the afternoon, four members of a family from Nedumangad, near Thiruvananthapuram, were killed when their Maruti car collided with a lorry near Kayamkulam. The family was going to Kochi.

The deceased were identified as M S Nath, 42, his wife Bindu, ten-year-old son Gokul and mother Lalithamma. His daughter, Geetha, was seriously injured and has been admitted to the Alappuzha Medical College Hospital.

The lorry driver managed to escape, police said.

UNI