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A rider was injured aft a immense stone fell connected a moving Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) autobus astatine Nalppatham Mile adjacent Peruvanthanam connected the Kottarakkara-Dindigul National Highway connected Thursday greeting astir 4.45 a.m..
The injured rider was identified arsenic Raju, a nonmigratory of Pallikkathode, Kottayam. The KSRTC autobus was en way to Kottayam from Nedumkandam. The injured rider was seated astatine the backmost of the vehicle. The interaction of the stone deed destroyed the rear information of the bus.
According to KSRTC officials, astir 50 passengers were connected committee the autobus and narrowly escaped a large tragedy. The rockfall caused a postulation jam connected the road for astir an hour. The Peruvanthanam constabulary and Highway constabulary arrived astatine the spot to wide the debris and resume traffic.
A akin calamity had occurred successful the country successful August 2023, erstwhile 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 5 others, including an eight-month-old girl, were injured aft monolithic boulders rolled down a elevation and crushed a parked car astatine Valanjanganam adjacent Kuttikkanam connected the aforesaid highway.
