Cleaner dies in collision between lorries in Thrissur

THRISSUR: A cleaner died in a collision between lorries on the Kallidukku National Highway in Thrissur. Another lorry hit a lorry stationed there. The dead is Arumuga Sundara Perumal (40) of Tamil Nadu, cleaner of the lorry parked there. Driver Veluswamy of Karur is undergoing treatment in the hospital with injuries. The driver of the lorry that hit the parked lorry escaped from the spot. The accident happened Wednesday early morning at 2.

Meantime, a driver died after his lorry overturned at Panayampadam in Mannarkad, Palakkad. The accident occurred at the Panayampadam curve. The driver may have fallen asleep leading to the incident.