Kasaragod: General Secretary of the Kasaragod District Congress Committee Vinod Kumar died at a private hospital in Mavunkal in Kasaragod district on Wednesday morning. He was 48.

Vinod Kumar was immediately taken to hospital after he collapsed at home all of a sudden, but could not be saved in spite of the efforts of the medical staff at the hospital as he failed to respond to the treatment. The reason for his collapse is yet to be confirmed, said the doctors.

A resident of Pullur, Vinod Kumar had entered active politics as a member of the Kerala Students Union (KSU). He had also been the President of the Kasaragod district unit of the Youth Congress before being appointed as General Secretary of the Kasaragod District Congress Committee.

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Godhra (Gujarat) (PTI): Four members of a family were killed, and one sustained grievous injuries after their speeding car jumped a divider on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway corridor in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Monday, police said.

The car driver lost control of the wheels near Kalol. As a result, the four-wheeler jumped the divider and veered off to the other side of the highway, an official from Kalol police station said.

Soon after the accident, some locals rushed to the scene and also alerted the police. Efforts were made to pull out the people trapped in the car.

Four persons died on the spot, while one suffered injuries, the official said.

The deceased were members of a family from Vadodara and were returning from Rajasthan when the tragedy struck, the official said.

They have been identified as Sajid Iqbal Khinji (55), Ilyas Iqbal Khinji (50), Ishaq Iqbal Khinji (48) and Rehan Azgar Khinji (35).