Alappuzha, Dec 3
Kerala woke up on Tuesday morning to the sad news of the death of five first-year MBBS students at the state-run Alappuzha Medical College Hospital, in a horrific accident on Monday night.
The five medical students died after their car, that was being driven at high speed, collided with a Kerala State Road Transportation Corporation (KSRTC) passenger bus.
The incident occurred near Alappuzha around 9.20 P.M. when the Tavera MUV that the students were travelling in reportedly skidded and hit the KSRTC bus traveling from Guruvayur to Kayamkulam.
On Tuesday morning, the post mortem of the five students was conducted and their bodies were kept at their college, where they had been studying since October this year.
Three Kerala Ministers, Veena George (Health) Saji Cherian (Fisheries) and P. Prasad (Agriculture) and local legislators led the hour-long homage ceremony, when classmates and friends of the deceased filed passed the bodies of the departed with tears running down the cheeks of many.
Meanwhile Veena George said the condition of one of the injured student continues to be very grave.