Two individuals die after lorry falls into 300 ft gorge in Kerala’s Idukki district

By Express News Service

IDUKKI: Two individuals had been killed after a lorry carrying them overturned and fell right into a 300 ft gorge in Adimaly, Idukki, on Monday night time. The mishap came about when the car, which was on its approach to Kothamangalam from Adimaly, rolled down the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway close to Valara round 8.15pm on Monday, police stated.

The deceased have been recognized as Siju Poulose (32) of Varappurathu home, Puthankurishu, Neriyamangalam and Santosh Thankappan (33) of Thanichuvattil home, Neriyamangalam. Upon knowledgeable by some native residents, police, forest and fireplace officers reached the spot and performed rescue operations.

As the truck had rolled down into the forest space close to Valara, the rescue operations had been disrupted by dangerous terrain and darkness. Hence rescue operations continued until Tuesday morning. The fireplace officers tried to raise up the lorry mendacity the other way up utilizing a crane machine to rescue the injured males, however in useless. 

However, the injured individuals had been taken out of the car after slicing out some elements of the car utilizing a gasoline cutter. The preliminary investigation revealed the truck driver had misplaced management over the car, and fell into the gorge.

The funeral of the 2 males will likely be held later after the autopsy.