MBBS student of Kozhikode Medical College dies in road accident

Kalpetta: In an unfortunate incident, a 24-year-old MBBS student of Kozhikode Medical College allegedly died in a road accident after her scooter lost control and overturned on Pinangode Panniyar road yesterday.

While the student lost her life on the spot after the accident, her friend, also a medical student of Kozhikode MCH suffered minor injuries and was admitted to the hospital. 

The incident occurred on Wednesday when the duo were returning to Kozhikode after attending a medical health club meeting at Kalpetta. The student along with her friend was travelling on a scooter. 

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At around 10 pm, the scooter on which the duo were travelling lost control causing it to overturn on the sixth-mile road of Pinangode and fall into a small ditch. Following the incident, the student suffered major head injuries and died on the spot whereas her friend was admitted to the hospital with minor injuries, as reported by Kerala Kaumudi. 

Locals after noticing the accident alerted the police and her body was immediately shifted to Kalpetta Fatima Hospital for postmortem.

Medical Dialogues team last month reported an incident where two second-year medical students of Maharajas Group of Institutions at Kondampatti allegedly lost their lives in a road accident after their motorcycle crashed into the rear of an unidentified four-wheeler vehicle near Arasampalayam Pirivu on the Coimbatore-Pollachi Main Road.

Both natives of Maharashtra tragically died from fatal head injuries after being thrown from their two-wheeler in the collision, resulting in their immediate death on the road.

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