Steephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (RJP)
Kasargod, Sep 16: As a result of an accident involving a rickshaw and a tipper at Kunnurravi in Payyanur, five persons died on Friday, September 16.
The driver of the tipper lost control and hit the fish selling goods rickshaw.
Ganesh (38), his wife Lalitha (32), daughter Lisna (5) Aradhya (4) and Devaki (72) are the deceased. Four of them were occupants of the rickshaw except Devaki who had come to buy fish. Three injured have been taken hospital. Dead bodies have been taken for post-mortem.
Sources said that the driver of the tipper was drunk. He has absconded after the accident.