Bike-scooter collision in Puttur: 22-year-old killed on the spot
Puttur: In a motorbike and scooter collision on the Maani-Mysuru national highway bypass here, a local youngster was reportedly killed on the spot recently.
Naushad, 22, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Sampya in Aryapu village of Puttur, was the victim, said sources. He worked in a cloth store near the KSRTC bus stop in Puttur.
Naushad was riding the scooter that hit the motorbike. The victim’s body was shifted to the mortuary at the Puttur government hospital.
Puttur Traffic Police have registered a case and are investigating, sources added.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
