THRISSUR: The locals caught a person who tried to rob a woman during rescue operations and handed him over to the police. Babu of Kanjani tried to steal a woman passenger’s chain during rescue operations soon after the collision of a KSRTC bus and a car in Thrissur. The locals who noticed it immediately caught him and handed him over to the police. It is not clear whether he has any criminal background.

The accident happened Sunday morning at Koprakkalam Thalikulam in Thrissur. Two passengers of the car were killed in the accident. The two dead are Padmanabhan (81) of Paravoor Thattanpadi and his wife Parukutty (79), Their son Shaiju (49), his wife Sreeja (44) and daughter Abhirami (11) have sustained injuries. The car on its way to Guruvayur collided with the bus coming from the opposite direction.