Kannur, Apr 30:
Five members of a family, including a child, were killed after their car collided with a lorry in Kerala’s Kannur on Monday late night, police said.
All the deceased were passengers in the car.
According to police, the deceased were identified as C Sudhakaran (52), his wife Ajitha (35), his father-in-law K Krishnan (65) and Akash (9), son of Ajith (Ajitha’s brother), the family hailing from Bheemanadi near Chittarikkal in Kasaragod district. Car driver K. N. Padmakumar (59) of Kalichanadukam in Kasaragod. All of them died on the spot, and the body was kept at Kannur Medical College, Pariyaram, for a post-mortem.
The accident occurred around 2245 hrs near Punnachery petrol pump on Monday.
