16 tourists injured as traveller van overturns in Idukki
Eyewitnesses said the accident could have been more tragic had the vehicle not hit the rock.
Eyewitnesses said the accident could have been more tragic had the vehicle not hit the rock.
Eyewitnesses said the accident could have been more tragic had the vehicle not hit the rock.
Moolamattom: Sixteen tourists were injured after a traveller van overturned near Chathanpara at Puthet, along the Kanjiyar–Pullikanam road, around 5 pm on Friday.
The van, carrying tourists from Tamil Nadu on their return from Vagamon, lost control and toppled after hitting a rock. Locals, passersby, police, and fire and rescue personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a private hospital in Moolamattom.
Eyewitnesses said the accident could have been more tragic if the vehicle had not been stopped by the rock, as it might have plunged into a deep gorge nearby.
The rescue operation was led by Kanjiyar police and the Moolamattom fire force.