Thiruvananthapuram: Two men die in road accidents

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two men died in similar road accidents that occurred on national highway under Kallambalam police station limits in a span of 12 hours.
Kumar, 41, son of Kunjan of Manamboor died after he was knocked down by a trailer truck transporting brand new cars on Thursday night. The accident occurred around 9.30 pm at Navaikulam. Kumar was a mason by profession. The truck that knocked him down was coming from the opposite direction.
The second accident occurred around 10 am at Pharmacy junction near Kallambalam.Sineesh Lal, 47, a resident of Uliyakovil is the deceased. He was riding his motorcycle towards Attingal when a container truck that was going in the same direction knocked him from behind.
Police said the accident occurred while the truck was trying to overtake Lal’s motorcycle. He owned a business of automobile spare parts. He was going to Kollam for business purposes when the accident occurred. He leaves behind parents Gopidas and Thulasibai, wife Smitha and daughter Sreedevi.