5 people killed in road accidents

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

In the first accident, Kannan, an eight-year-old school boy, was killed after being hit by a tipper lorry while crossing a road this morning.

Infuriated residents of the area burnt the vehicle.

In another incident, four members of a family hailing from Nedumangad, near Thiruvananthapuram, were killed when their Maruti car, its way to Kochi, collided with a lorry near Kayamkulam on this afternoon.

The deceased were identified as M S Nath, 42, his wife Bindu, ten-year-old son Gokul and mother Lalithamma.

Geetha, his daughter, was seriously injured and had been admitted to the Alappuzha Medical College Hospital.

The lorry driver managed to escape, police said.

UNI