THRISSUR: One person died after an Innova car collided with a trailer lorry. Five sustained serious injuries. The accident happened on top of the Kuthiran bridge Sunday morning at around 3 am today. Reports said the car in which the family was traveling to Kottayam from Bengaluru met with the accident. The car rammed into the front of the lorry.

The Innova has been completely destroyed in the accident. The locals and the police worked hard to bring the people who were trapped inside the car, out. There were six people in the car including two women and four men. Reports said the family of John Thomas of Kottayam was in the vehicle. The dead has not been identified.

Three of the injured were admitted to Thrissur Jubilee Mission Hospital, two to Ashwini Hospital and one to the district hospital. The person admitted at the Mission Hospital died.

It is believed that the person driving the car dozed off leading to the accident. As the road at Kuthiran is in danger, vehicles are now plying here and there through the Thrissur Palakkad track. This is where the accident happened.