KOLLAM: Ramamangalam Grama Panchayat President EP George (54) was killed after the panchayat's jeep collided with a KSRTC Volvo bus in Kalluvathukkal on the national highway. Panchayat LD Clerk Sreeraj (32), driver Suraj (30), Saksharatha Prerak Shaimon (40) and bus passenger Nishi (42) sustained injuries.

The accident took place at around 10.45 pm on Friday. EP George died at around 1 am. The other injured persons are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Volvo Bypass rider was travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Kozhikode. The impact of the collision threw the jeep backwards. The bus went on to hit a national permit lorry following the collision. The KSRTC passenger's injuries are not serious. EP George was sitting in the front seat of the jeep. The team led by the president left Ramamangalam at 5 pm on Friday to give the estimate of the panchayat's soil conservation project to the soil conservation office in Thiruvananthapuram. EP George is survived by wife Lissy and daughter Neenu.