Two killed in ambulance-bike collision in Pulluvazhi

KOLENCHERY: A young man and a student were killed after a bike collided with an ambulance in Pulluvazhi. The deceased have been identified as Mannoor native Sanal Saju (20) and Harikrishnan (17). The accident took place on the MC road at around 7.30 pm yesterday during heavy rain.

Sanal Saju was a porter and Harikrishnan was a Plus Two student of St. Thomas Higher Secondary School. The ambulance was on its way to Muvattupuzha from Perumbavoor after dropping off a patient. Sources said that the ambulance collided with the bike near the Pulluvazhi canal bridge. While Sanal Saju got critically injured after falling on the road, Harikrishnan was run over by a car. Though the two were rushed to the hospital, they could not be saved. The bodies were shifted to Perumbavoor Taluk Hospital Mortuary.