One killed in accident

July 15, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:57 am IST - KASARAGOD:

Youth fatally knocked down by car

A youth was killed after he was knocked down by a car at Poinachi near here early on Thursday morning. P. Madhusoodan, 32, a native of Kundamkuzhi, was returning from Kollur Sri Mookambika Temple in Karnataka along with four of his friends, the police said. He got down near a petrol bunk on the national highway when the vehicle hit him. Madhusoodan, working as driver of a private bus on the Kannur-Kasaragod route, had left for the temple town on July 12. The car that knocked down the youth was detained at Nileshwaram and the driver was taken into custody. He is survived by his parents and a sister. — Staff reporter

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