Tiruvalla: 2 two-wheeler riders killed after KSRTC bus runs into roadside store

By Express News Service
TIRUVALLA: A 31-year-old man and his would-be had been killed when their two-wheeler was rearended by a KSRTC bus on the MC Road at Perumthuruthy in Tiruvalla on Friday night. James Chacko of Anjilamparambil, Piralassery, Chengannur and Ancy,27, of Venmani Pulakkadavu, Chengannur, whose marriage was agreed upon by their dad and mom, had been the deceased. Several individuals, who had been on board the ill-fated bus en route from Kottayam to Pathanamthitta, had been injured within the accident and the situation of certainly one of them was acknowledged to be critical.

James and Ancy had been returning to Chengannur from Ettumanoor on their twowheeler when tragedy struck. According to their family, James accompanied Ancy to Ettumanoor for an interview. The accident occurred round 4pm after the bus first knocked down the two-wheeler travelling in entrance earlier than crashing into the Emirates Opticals store.

Though locals and fireplace pressure officers instantly swung into motion and managed to tug out the couple from beneath the bus, by then they had been useless. Subhash, one of many passengers hailing from Palakkad who was grievously injured within the accident, was admitted to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital.

Sajini, 22, Kozhenchery, Ashna,22, Vaikom Sreevatsathil, Haritha,25, Vazhamuttam East, Valiyamathil Suma,41, Anupama, Karunagappally,20,. Ajayakumar,47, Mini P Ajayan, 45, Lizzie Varghese,50, Anila ,23, Meera,30, Dineshan,60, Baby,44, Jinu,30, Wilson, Pampadi, Chinnu,39, Changanassery, Sadanandan,58, Tiruval la, bus driver A G Ajayakumar,38, Ajay Bhavan, Kumaranelloor, Kottayam and Wilson,40, the conductor of the bus from Pampadi, Kottayam, injured within the accident had been admitted to Tiruvalla taluk hospital.

Siblings Reshma Shankar,21, and Reshmi Shankar,19, who additionally sustained accidents within the mishap, had been admitted to the Pushpagiri Hospital right here. The KSRTC bus was destroyed within the accident. Two scooters belonging to the workers of the opticals store and the automotive of the proprietor of the close by Trophy Mall had been broken within the accident. Vinod, inspector, Tiruvalla, stated that the poor well being of the motive force led to the accident.