Thiruvananthapuram, August 23: Two people died and several were injured after a bus overturned in the Palakkad district of Kerala on Wednesday morning, an official said. According to Ottapalam MLA, K Premkumar, the Kozhikode-bound passenger bus from Chennai overturned at Thiruvazhiyode at Vellinezhi Village around 8 am.

"A Kozhikode-bound passenger bus from Chennai lost control at a steep road, rammed into an electric post and overturned. At the time of the mishap, 40 passengers were on board," the MLA said. Kerala: Woman Autorickshaw Driver Dies in Accident After Her Three-Wheeler Gets Hit by Wild Boar in Palakkad, Four School Children Injured.

Bound Bus Overturns in Palakkad

"Two were found dead while others were injured in the bus accident. All other injured passengers have been taken to the nearest hospitals," said the official. Further details into the matter are awaited. Earlier on August 18, more than thirty people were injured after a private bus overturned near Kanimangalam in Kerala’s Thrissur district. Maharashtra Road Accident: Container Overturns, Hits Cars on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Two Killed in Mishap (See Pics).

"More than thirty people have been injured after a private bus overturned in Thrissur. Injured persons have been shifted to two private hospitals and Thrissur Taluk government hospitals," State Revenue Minister K Rajan said. The minister also visited the injured in the hospital.

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