A minimum of eight engineering college students from Tamil Nadu had been killed in a highway accident as a automobile rammed right into a parked lorry in Keralam’s Thrissur, police mentioned on Saturday.
In line with police, the deceased had been college students of an engineering school in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, and had been travelling from Guruvayur in the direction of Kodungallur alongside NH-66.
The accident occurred round 11.40 pm on Friday, based on the police.
Six college students died on the spot, whereas two others had been declared useless on arrival at a close-by hospital, police mentioned.
4 of them had been indentified as-Surya, Yuvasanjith, Vishva and Johua from Dindigul, whereas Santhosh and Prasanna had been from Madurai, information company PTI reported. Police mentioned the identities of two others are but to be confirmed.
The automobile, carrying a Tamil Nadu registration, during which the youths had been travelling collided with a Maharashtra-registered lorry parked on the freeway at Panambikkunnu in Kaipamangalam and died on the spot, information company PTI reported.
In line with the FIR, the lorry was illegally parked on the correct aspect of the freeway close to a barricaded part the place site visitors had been diverted as a part of ongoing development work. The automobile rammed into its rear.
The automobile was travelling at excessive pace and the driving force apparently failed to note the diversion barricade earlier than hitting the rear of the lorry, police mentioned.
Case registered towards lorry driver
Kaipamangalam police have registered a case towards the lorry driver, who fled from the spot, beneath Part 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable murder.
Thrissur Rural District Police Chief Mohammad Nadeemuddin mentioned a preliminary investigation indicated that the accident occurred because of the lorry driver’s fault.
“It’s positively a mistake on the a part of the lorry driver. An FIR has already been registered. Moreover, concerning the freeway authorities and the contractor, we are going to examine that as a part of the investigation and take strict motion,” he advised reporters.
Nadeemuddin mentioned the lorry driver was absconding, however the automobile proprietor had been recognized, and the driving force could be apprehended quickly, based on PTI.
He mentioned that though a Freeway Police patrol unit had been deployed within the space, lorry drivers typically parked their automobiles and left the spot.
“Undoubtedly, parking shouldn’t be accomplished right here. We’ll examine whether or not the freeway authorities and contractors have put in correct signboards. However as per the preliminary evaluation, this can be a mistake on the a part of the lorry driver,” he mentioned.
Nadeemuddin added the Kodungallur deputy superintendent of police had been assigned to analyze the case.
“Authorized motion has been initiated, and an FIR has already been registered. Given the gravity of the case, we’ve designated the deputy SP of Kodungallur because the investigating officer. There will likely be an intensive investigation, and fast and strict motion will likely be taken towards whoever is at fault. Vital preventive measures will likely be taken by the police,” he mentioned.
ID playing cards used to determine college students
School identification playing cards had been used to recovered from the our bodies to contact the households of the deceased. A number of the households had been unaware their youngsters had travelled to Kerala, police mentioned.
The victims had been pulled from the automobile in a rescue operation involving locals, hearth and rescue personnel, and police, earlier than their our bodies had been taken to the mortuary of Thrissur Medical School.
Postmortem examinations had been carried out at Thrissur Medical School, the place family arrived to obtain the our bodies.
Family advised police that Santhosh had just lately bought a automobile and that the group had deliberate a visit to Kochi. Because the registration of the automobile had not been accomplished, they employed a rented automobile for the journey, they mentioned.
(With inputs from PTI)
