PUTHOOR: In a tragic incident, a water authority employee was killed after he was run over by a bus at Mandapam junction in Puthoor. The deceased has been identified as Sasthamkotta native Vijayakumar (54). The incident took place when he tried to get down from the bus at Mandapam junction.

Vijayakumar, an office assistant at the water authority office in Sasthamkotta, was on his way to his daughter's house in Attuvassery when the accident happened. According to sources, the bus, in which he was travelling, braked before it reached its stop at Mandapam junction. When Vijayakumar opened the door and tried to get down from the vehicle, the bus suddenly moved forward. Vijayakumar lost his control and fell onto the road, and was run over by the rear wheel of the bus. The body is kept at the Taluk Hospital mortuary. Puthoor police have registered a case.