KOCHI: In a tragic incident, a youth died after he was thrown off his motorcycle, which got caught up against a low-lying service wire across the road at Cheriavapallissery on the national highway late on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Manikantan, 21, of Alathur in Palakkad district.
The accident occurred while he was returning to Aluva after visiting a friend who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thrissur. Manikantan was an employee of an Aluva-based private company.
A container trailer, which had just passed through the road ahead of Manikantan, had dragged the wire down, leaving it hanging low to the road. That missed Manikantan’s attention, and he was caught off guard and thrown off the bike, smashing his head against the road in the process. Though he was rushed to a hospital at Angamaly, he succumbed to injuries.
Manikantan was the sole breadwinner of his family comprising his mother and sister. Though he had done a hotel management course, he was forced to take up the job at a rice wholesale outlet at Aluva eight months ago.
According to local residents, the wire had been lying low against the road for many days, and the brush against the trailer brought it even lower. People who had rushed to rescue Manikantan cut the wire to avert similar accidents.
