DUBAI: Two Keralites were killed in an accident in Dubai. The accident happened Wednesday morning near Jebel Ali on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi Road. The dead has been identified as Rohit Krishnakumar (19) of Pattambi and Sharath Kumar (21) of Thiruvananthapuram.

Sharath Kumar was the son of Anand Kumar and Rajashree Prasad of Sai Prasadam in Kuravankonam. His mother is an employee of an IT Company in Dubai. Sharath was planning to come to Thiruvananthapuram with his mother.

The two were former students of Delhi Private School in Dubai. The two died on the spot itself. The two pursuing higher studies in UK were on vacation. The accident happened when Sharath went to drop Rohit. Sharath was doing higher education at the Boston University in US and Rohit in UK.