PALAKKAD: A KSRTC driver has been arrested in connection with the death of the two youths at Kuzhalmandam. The arrested is C L Ousep of Pattikkad in Thrissur and a driver of Wadakkancherry Operating Centre.

KSRTC had announced an investigation after the visuals of the accident came in medias. The investigation noticed lapse from the side of the driver. The accident happened after the bus swerved to the right side.

The youths were killed on February 7 when the KSRTC bus plying from Palakkad to Ernakulam met with the accident. A serious lapse was noticed on the side of the driver. The KSRTC suspended him on the grounds that the driver's negligence was the cause of the accident. He was arrested following that.