Two killed, five hurt as bus rams into hotel

KOCHI: Two people were killed and five injured, three of them seriously, when a city busy ran into a hotel after the driver lost control of the vehicle at Karimugal in the district this morning. The dead were identified as Marisami, an employee of the hotel and Kunjumon, police said.


The seriously injured have been admitted to a private hospital here and the other two at Tripunithura, the sources added. The incident occurred when the bus driver applied brake to avoid hitting a two-wheeler rider.


He lost control and rammed into the hotel, the sources said.