Thrissur:A man and his three-and-a-half-year-old son were killed after the autorickshaw collided with an ambulance ferrying a patient near Kappalpalli here on Thursday.
The police identified the deceased as Jithin (36) and Adrinath. Jithin's wife Neethu (23) and her father Kannan (55) of Priyadarshini Colony at Kaithakkal, were admitted to the Jubilee Mission Hospital here with grievous injuries.
The accident occurred around 2 am on Thursday. Jithin and his family were returning home after taking Adrinath to a private hospital.
Footage from CCTV cameras showed the ambulance swerving to avoid the auto-taxi. Jithin and others were thrown onto the road on the impact of the collision.
Manorama News reported that Jithin who was behind the wheels of the autorickshaw was killed on the spot.
Jithin died of a skull fracture while the three others were rushed to Jubilee Mission Medical College in Thrissur.
Adrinath breathed his last while undergoing treatment in the hospital on Thursday noon.
Neethu was found lying on the road with her leg trapped in the auto-taxi. Locals and passers-by cut through the remains of the vehicle to pull her out.
The ambulance which was heading to Thrissur from Vadanappally collided with the autorickshaw. Jithin and his family were returning home after taking the three-year-old child to the hospital. The child was having diarrhoea.
Jithin, a painter, used to work as an ambulance and tourist bus driver.
The locals reported that the spot where the accident took place is an accident-prone area.
