Kasaragod: A 40-year-old cook was killed while his wife was seriously injured when a car rammed into their motorcycle at Muguroad in Kasaragod's Puthige panchayat.

The accident happened on the Seethangoli-Perla road Thursday afternoon.

While the victim was identified as M T Muhammed Ashraf of Mugu, his wife, Khairunnisa (30), mother of three children, is undergoing treatment in the ICU of a private hospital in Kasaragod.

The couple were on their way to the hospital to see a doctor for Khairunnisa when their motorcycle was hit by a car coming from the opposite direction at Muguroad.

The impact threw both of them onto the road. Ashraf died at the spot. Khairunnisa was also seriously injured and was taken to hospital by residents.