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.

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