KANICHUKULANGARA: Three including a fiancé were killed when a KSRTC superfast bus and a tempo traveller carrying a team attending an engagement function collided at Kanichukulangara in Alappuzha on the national highway.

The dead has been identified as Vijayakumar (38) of Iritti in Kannur, Vineesh (25) and Prasanna. The team in the tempo traveller was returning after the engagement of Vineesh in Poovar. Eleven including three children sustained injuries in the accident. The accident happened late last night in front of Kanikkavanchi at Kanichukulangara Junction.

The traveller returning to Kannur from the capital city after the engagement function collided with the bus proceeding to Thiruvananthapuram. The traveller which was overtaking a vehicle in the front swerved to the right side seeing the bus. The bus hit at the back of the van on the left side. In the impact, the traveller was damaged. The Mararikulam police and the locals jointly shifted the injured to Vandanam Medical College hospital.