PANDALAM: A youth was killed after his motorbike collided with a KSRTC superfast bus in Kurampala. The deceased has been identified as Chengannur Venmani native Arjun (21). The accident took place near Chithrodhayam Library in Kurampala on Saturday afternoon. Arjun was travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to his house in Venmani when he met with the accident.

Although Arjun was rushed to a private hospital in Pandalam by Kodikkunnil Suresh MP and some locals, his life could not be saved. Arjun's father, Vijayan, was killed in a collision between a lorry and a motorbike in Kottarakkara three years ago. Arjun and his mother Sreelekha were working in Hindustan Latex in Thiruvananthapuram. Brother: Ashwin.