KOTTAYAM: A woman who was travelling with her husband and children on a scooter was run over by a lorry after she fell on the road on Monday. The dead has been identified as Kanjirapally native Jayakumar’s wife Mini (38).

The accident happened on MC Road near Nagambadam temple at 12 pm in front of her husband and children Samuel (12) and Samsun (5).

The Gandhinagar police have filed a case against lorry driver Narayanathu kuzhi Vinulal (49). The scooter travelers came from the Ettumanoor side and the lorry with national permit was going towards MRF with load. According to Jayakumar when he tried to overtake the lorry, the handle of the scooter brushed against the middle part of the lorry. The scooter lost balance and fell on to the right side along with Jayakumar and his children while Mini was thrown under the lorry. When the three turned back and looked, they saw the lorry wheels running over mini’s head.

Locals shifted Jayakumar and the children, who had sustained minor injuries, to Medical College hospital. The fire force rushed to the spot and removed Mini’s body remnants and washed the road.

Jayakumar is a tailor.