Malappuram's Pang mourns as mortal remains of 9 killed in Valparai crash arrive
Valparai road accident victims' postmortem procedures were completed, and the bodies have been repatriated to their hometowns.
Valparai road accident victims' postmortem procedures were completed, and the bodies have been repatriated to their hometowns.
Valparai road accident victims' postmortem procedures were completed, and the bodies have been repatriated to their hometowns.
Malappuram: The mortal remains of the nine Malayalis who died in a road accident at Valparai in Tamil Nadu arrived at Pang here by 9 am on Saturday. Postmortem procedures, which began after midnight at Pollachi Taluk Hospital once relatives arrived, were completed around 3.45 am. Following the autopsy, religious rites were held at a nearby mosque.
The bodies were then transported to Malappuram in nine ambulances, which left Pollachi around 6 am, under police escort. On arrival, the bodies will be kept for public viewing for an hour at Pang Higher Secondary School.
The accident
The accident occurred on Friday evening when a tempo traveller lost control at hairpin bend 13 on the Valparai route, broke through a protective wall, and plunged to a lower bend. Nine people, including seven women and a child, were killed. The group was returning from a leisure trip when the mishap occurred.
Among the deceased is Ajitha (54), headmistress of Parammal ALP School and a native of Pulamanthole. Others who died in the accident include Ramla (52), Suhara (43), Asha (41), and Majeed (43), all teachers and natives of Pang; Sajitha (45), a member of the school’s cooking staff; Naushad (39), the school bus driver and Shakeena (37), a teacher at GUP School Pang, and Rukhiya (39), the wife of Majeed.
Those injured include Hisham (12), son of Suhara; Shahadin, child of Sajitha; Masneen (10), and Mohammed Fahis, the traveller driver. Three people, including a child, sustained serious injuries and are undergoing treatment at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. Another injured child, 11-year-old Masneen, daughter of Shakeena, has been shifted from Pollachi Taluk Hospital to a hospital in Perinthalmanna.
The vehicle involved in the accident, bearing registration KL 11 AM 7288 and owned by a Malappuram native, was driven by 21-year-old Mohammed Fasith, a native of Chunoor near Kottakkal. Four people, including the driver, are currently under treatment.
The group had travelled to Valparai via Athirappilly, Vazhachal, and Malakkappara. Rescue operations were launched immediately after the accident by local residents, police, and fire and rescue personnel.