Valparai accident due to negligent driving by driver, says report

The Valparai mishap was owed chiefly to negligent and unsafe driving by the driver, says a study by the Kerala Motor Vehicles Department earlier the Kerala High Court connected Tuesday.

On April 17, a 13-seater van had met with an mishap portion travelling from Valparai to Pollachi, resulting successful the decease of 10 radical of an excursion squad from the Government Lower Primary School, Pang, successful Malappuram.

The study concluded that the suspected superior origin of the mishap was the improper driving method of the driver, who continuously applied brakes connected a prolonged descent alternatively of motor braking. This caused the braking strategy to overheat, affecting the stopping capableness of the vehicle. Further, the study said the operator was unfamiliar with hilly terrains and did not person the method know-how to navigate constrictive roads and successful assessing roadworthy width.

The study besides pointed retired that the factual retaining partition astatine the tract of the mishap did not person capable tallness to efficaciously forestall the conveyance from overturning.

The study was submitted successful a writ petition registered suo motu by the High Court that concerns unauthorised conveyance modifications and consequent roadworthy accidents.