Two boys fatally knocked down by speeding car
Two boys were tragically killed when a speeding car struck them during a religious procession in Kanniyakumari district. The victims, both 12 years old, were taken to the hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the car lost control and was also injured in the incident.
- ▪The accident occurred during a padayatra to Ayya Vaikundar Temple.
- ▪The victims, Vishwa and Venice, were both 12 years old.
- ▪The driver, A. Bijola Komagal, lost control of the vehicle and was injured in the crash.
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Two boys were killed when a car ploughed through the devotees taking ‘padayatra’ to Ayya Vaikundar Temple in Samythoppu in Kanniyakumari district on Wednesday.Police said a speeding car ploughed through the devotees taking padayatra from Kadambankulam near Panagudi in the district to Ayya Vaikundar Temple in Samythoppu. As Vishwa, 12 and Venice, 12 suffered serious injuries, they were rushed to the nearby hospital.However, the doctors there declared them ‘brought dead’.During investigation, the Pazhavoor police found that one A. Bijola Komagal, 40, of Puththankadai near Thiruvattar in Kanniyakumari district, who was driving the car, lost control of the vehicle that fatally knocked down the boys.She was also injured in the accident and has been admitted to the hospital.
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