Kasaragod, Oct 16: A man was killed and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision involving two trucks near Kumbla on Sunday.
The accident occurred around 7.30 am as a container truck collided with the other truck that was proceeding towards Mangaluru to transport fish to Kerala.
Biju, 47, a native Cherthala in Alappuzha, who was driving the truck carrying fish, died on the spot while his fellow truck crew Babu,38, a resident of Muhamma in Alappuzha, sustained head injuries, police sources here said.
The container truck was also proceeding to Kerala and two people in it, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, sustained minor injuries and were being treated at a Mangaluru hospital.
The two trucks capsized on either sides of the busy national highway No. 66 north of Kumbla bridge. There were vehicular snarls in the area of the accident for a while.
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