Couple Killed As Lorry Hits Scooter in Malappuram
The collision pushed the scooter into the rear of another lorry travelling ahead, trapping the couple between the two vehicles and causing fatal injuries
Malappuram: A couple was killed after a speeding lorry hit their scooter from behind on the Kottakkal-Kuttipuram national highway in this district, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred around 11 pm on Friday at a viaduct in Vatapara here, police said.
The deceased were identified as Sabira, 41, and her husband Afsal A V, 37, residents of Edachalam in Malappuram district.
According to the FIR registered at the Valancherry police station, the couple was travelling on a scooter from Kottakkal towards Kuttipuram when a lorry, allegedly driven at high speed, hit their vehicle from behind.
The collision pushed the scooter into the rear of another lorry travelling ahead, trapping the couple between the two vehicles and causing fatal injuries, the FIR said
A case was registered under Sections 281 and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pertaining to rash driving on a public way and causing death by negligence, police said.
Further investigation is underway.