MBBS student dies in bike accident, friend injured

AMBALAPPUZHA: The dreams of a village and a poor family have been shattered when an MBBS student died in a bike accident on Kozhikode Palakkad national highway in Tirurkad on Monday morning. Alphonsa Nixon (Snehamol 22), a third-year student of Perinthalmanna MES Medical College and the only daughter of Nirmala-Nixon couple of Punnapra has died. Her friend Ashwin, is undergoing treatment at Perinthalmanna KIMS Alshifa Hospital with injuries.

Nixon, a fisherman, paid fees for his daughter by working as a daily wage labourer when he had no work on the coast. She studied at Punnapra Jyotiniketan School from class 1 to Plus two. When Alphonsa got admission for MBBS, the whole village was happy. Her family and the locals are shattered on hearing about her death. The funeral will be held at St Joseph Forane Church, Paravoor, in the afternoon.