Palakkad, July 12: A 37-year-old woman autorickshaw driver died in an accident after her three-wheeler was hit by a wild boar in Mangalam Dam area of Palakkad district in north Kerala on Wednesday, police said. Four schoolgoing children, who were travelling in the autorickshaw, suffered minor injuries in the accident that occurred at Odamthodu-Mangalam Dam Road at 8 am, they said. Kerala Road Accident: KSRTC Bus Collides With Car, Rams in To Church Wall in Pathanamthitta (Watch Video).
The three-wheeler driven by Vijeesha Sonia overturned after it was hit by the wild boar running at high speed, leading to her death, police said. The accident occurred when she was going to school in her autorickshaw with four children onboard. Stray Dog Causes Road Accident in Kerala: Biker Falls Under Wheels of Lorry While Trying To Avoid Hitting Street Dog in Kochi, Dies.
The woman was rushed to a private hospital in nearby Nenmara but could not be saved, police said.