PALAKKAD: Eight people were killed when a mini lorry and an ambulance collided at Thannisseri in Palakkad. The incident happened Sunday evening at 3 pm. Subair, Fawaz, Nazar, Shafi, Umar Farooq and Sudheer, natives of Vadanamkurissi. Sudheer was the ambulance driver. Two others have not been identified.
The bodies of the dead have been shifted to Palakkad district hospital. The accident happened when the ambulance was carrying injured people to the hospital.
A five-member team from Pattambi met with an accident at Nelliampathi. They were admitted to a hospital in Nenmara. It was later decided to shift them to Palakkad district hospital for better treatment. Some of their relatives had reached from Nelliampathy. They too got into the ambulance. In the meanwhile, an over speeded mini lorry rammed into the ambulance.
Eyewitnesses said the mini lorry was over speeded.
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