In a freak accident, two pedestrians including a migrant labourer were killed when a car crashed on them in Sooranad on Monday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Madhusoodanan Pillai, 54, ‘Puthenpurayil Veedu’, Prayar, Oachira and Shankar Singh, 55, a Karnataka resident. According to Sooranad Police, three men, including Madhusoodanan and Shankar, were walking alongside the road near Pallichantha around 11.15 am.
A car which was heading to Kollam from Chakkulam side crashed on them, leaving the three injured. Madhusoodanan Pillai died at Padmavathi Hospital in Oachira and Shankar Singh at the Taluk Hospital.