Six engineering students killed in Kerala road mishap


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Kollam, Jan 1 (PTI): Tragedy struck as six engineering students returning from a New Year party were killed when their car and an LPG tanker collided in the wee hours of the day at nearby Chathannur.

The deceased were identified as Ajith Prakash, Syed Inzamam, Arun Babu, Shijo George John, Adirshah and Nixon.

According to police, the victims, all men in third year of BTech, were heading to their campus after the New Year celebrations at the beach resort Varkala in neighbouring Thiruvananthapuram district.

All of the six, who died on the spot, were students of a private engineering college here.

The bodies were taken out by police and local rescuers by breaking open the car, which got jammed under the impact of the collision with the tanker that was coming from the opposite direction.

The driver of the tanker has been taken into custody, police said.

 

  

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi, Dubai, New York, USA.

    Sat, Jan 03 2015

    New Year's celebration turned into tragedy. So sad. May their souls RIP and sympathies to their bereaved families and loves ones. Six budding lives lost in no time.

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  • BABA, BANGALORE

    Fri, Jan 02 2015

    Drinking and driving can be deadly.

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  • Prem, mangalore

    Mon, Jan 05 2015

    Truck driver might be drunk. Who knows???

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  • krishna bhatt, moodabidri

    Fri, Jan 02 2015

    This is the effect of increasing pub culture among students. R.I.P

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  • A sorrowful Indian, Mangaluru/UAE

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    Feel sorry for the parents and especially a great loss to our Country, who has lost its future Job creators. Whom to blame?? Road, Reckless Tanker Drivers, the careless students or the Authorities??? Understand the seriousness of the loss, analyse and bring solution for eliminating recurrence. Instead, our great patriotic citizens are busy taking up issues related to animals, cows, conversions, destroying public property while protesting, resulting in loss of productivity and destruction of valuable human resource. How many incidents we need as eye openers?? why we support a few bunch of actors of patriotism, who only preach but do not practice?? Wake up dear parents, and support for the right cause of development of society.......

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, INDIA

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    Sad Incident, their New Year party has turned into a tragedy. May their souls rest in peace.

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  • RICH, M'LORE

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    Those days they were few vehicles & was safe to ride bicycles.Now nothing is safe ,because the roads do not have proper bicycle/pedestrian paths,so these people take roads for their movements. Due to this, vehicles to avoid collision with cyclist/pedestrian,stray animals they themselves meet with accidents.Also our roads are not designed for present days heavy traffic & no proper maintenance of roads .

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  • BABA, BANGALORE

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    In the old days as students of engineering we found it difficult to buy a bicycle. These days students are smashing their cars.

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  • True Indian, Kudla

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    My deepest sympathies go out to their family. May God give them the comfort and peace that they seek and may the soul of these youngster's rest in peace. For others please drive carefully and strictly follow traffic rules.

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  • F.A.Pinto, Surathkal

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    very sad. RIP

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  • SK, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    RIP... Our prayers with the Families

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  • Peter Pereira, Mangalore / Dubai

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    Very sad beginning to the New Year for these boys and their families. May their souls rest in peace an may God give courage to their families to bear this loss. Are prayers are with the families.

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  • MANJUNATH BHANDARY,BELINJE HOSAMANE, KASARAGOD,KERALA

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    Pray GOD to give strength & courage to the parents of deceased boys.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jan 01 2015

    In Goa, drunk people sleep on beaches instead of ...

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