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4 killed in accidents

Nedumbassery: Four persons, including a woman, were killed and nine others sustained injuries in two road accidents on National Highway 47 near the airport here on Wednesday.

Three persons were killed on the spot when a coal-laden lorry hit the rear of a parked lorry full of cattle at Parambayam around 1.30 a.m. Four head of cattle were killed.

The dead are Abu, 58, from Manjeri, driver of the coal-laden lorry; Rashik, 22, cleaner, and Kannan, 48, of Kollengode in Palakkad, a pedestrian.

The police said the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Naseera Bhanu, 25, of Palakkad was killed when a tourist bus ran a Mahindra Scorpio car over at Kariyad junction at noon. Nine injured persons, including an infant boy, have been admitted to Little Flower Hospital, Angamali.

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