Four school students injured in auto-jeep collision in Idukki
On Tuesday evening, an autorickshaw carrying four school students collided with a tourist jeep near Anakulam, causing serious injuries. Locals blamed reckless tourist drivers for ignoring speed limits on narrow roads.
On Tuesday evening, an autorickshaw carrying four school students collided with a tourist jeep near Anakulam, causing serious injuries. Locals blamed reckless tourist drivers for ignoring speed limits on narrow roads.
On Tuesday evening, an autorickshaw carrying four school students collided with a tourist jeep near Anakulam, causing serious injuries. Locals blamed reckless tourist drivers for ignoring speed limits on narrow roads.
Four school students sustained serious injuries when the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided with a tourist jeep near Anakulam under the Mankulam panchayat on Tuesday evening around 4.30 PM. Those injured are students of St Joseph's School, Mankulam.
The accident occurred while the auto that was taking the children home to Kuwait City from school crashed into a jeep carrying tourists from Kallar toward Anakulam.
The four injured children were rushed to the Adimali Taluk Hospital, where they received first aid. Fortunately, none of their injuries is reported to be life-threatening.
Locals have raised serious concerns over the reckless driving of tourist vehicles speeding through the route to witness wild elephants bathing at Anakulam. Residents point out that the Mankulam-Anakulam road is extremely narrow, yet tourist vehicles pass through the stretch with no speed controls or restrictions. They noted that this dangerous driving poses a severe threat to children walking home after school, prompting urgent calls for intervention by police personnel at the Mankulam outpost.