Kottayam: Three women were killed and four others were injured when their car traveled to the canal in the city of Adoor in the Pathanamthitta district on Wednesday afternoon.
Three who lost their lives in a strange accident were identified as Sreeja, 51, Shakunthala, 53 and Indira, 60 – all native to the Ayoor in Kollam.
All those killed are relatives.
Those who were injured were Sharah, 35, Aswathy Krishna, 27, both Ilalamad Natives, Bindu, 36, who were Princess Shakunthala who was killed in an accident and Alan, 14, Bindu’s son.
The four have been received at public hospitals, Adoor.
It is Sharath who drives a car.
The accident occurred around 1:30 a.m.
Those in the car to Harippad to visit relatives who will get married soon.
They went to the bride’s house to hand over the cloth to be worn by him for the wedding ceremony.
The car came through a shortcut on the adoor and should take left turn to the MC road on the signal.
However, the car, the speeding, loss of control and directly, jumping traffic signals.
The police have obtained Visual CCTV from the nearest store.
The car was seen across the MC road and fell into the canal on the other side of the road.
The car drowned in a few seconds and Indira fell outside the car and was carried away by the water flow.
Indira’s body recovered from tireskara later.
Two other women were trapped in the car and died when they were taken out.