Four fishermen killed, many injured in accident Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as four fishermen Two vans killed and several others injured in a collision on a national highway in Chavra kollam It is being told in the district in the early hours of Tuesday that the dead and injured are fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvananthapuram and coastal villages of Nagercoil and Kanyakumari districts.
Chavara police have identified the deceased as 47-year-old Burkuman from Pulluvilla, 48-year-old Justin from Vizhinjam, 59-year-old Karunambaram from Pulluvilla and 38-year-old Biju from Tamil Nadu. They were part of a 34-member group that was traveling in a minibus in Beypore Kozhikode To join the fishing crew.
the police said Accident It happened at Vettamukku near Chavara at around 12.30. A separate van traveling in the opposite direction allegedly veered into the wrong lane and collided with the minibus. The van was going to sleep with frozen fish. Under the impact of the collision, the minibus changed its direction and hit the bus before it overturned.
Local residents, police and fire and rescue service personnel reached the spot and pulled the injured out of the minibus. were taken to Karunagapalli Taluk HospitalWhere four fishermen were declared dead. Six of the injured have been referred Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital. The condition of two fishermen is said to be critical. Others were given medical aid at Karunagapalli taluk hospital.

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