THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In another accident here involving a tipper lorry, a scooter passenger met a tragic end. The accident took place today evening at Kazhakoottam in Thiruvananthapuram. The deceased has been identified as Ruksana, a native of Perumathura.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident was caused by the over speeding of the tipper. The accident took place on the Kazhakutam road.

Ruksana was traveling on the back seat of a scooter. The tipper hit the scooter while overtaking it. Locals said that when the tipper was pulling over to the side of the road it ran over Ruksana and she died on the spot. The woman riding the scooter was not injured.

Thiruvananthapuram recently witnessed other accidents involving tipper lorries. In March, Sudheer, a native of Malayinkeezh, died after a tipper hit his bike in Panavila near Thiruvananthapuram's Bakery Junction.

Before that, a BDS student died after a stone fell from a tipper lorry on to his body in Vizhinjam. The deceased Ananthu, a native of Mukkola, was rushed to a private hospital with serious injuries on his hand and head but his life could not be saved.