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8 killed in late-night car-truck crash in Kerala’s Thrissur

8 killed in late-night car-truck crash in Kerala’s Thrissur

A fatal car-truck collision in Thrissur district, Kerala claimed the lives of eight people on Friday night. The accident occurred around 11:40 pm on the Guruvayur-Kodungallur highway when a car drove into a parked truck at Panambikkunnu in Kaipamangalam. Police believe the victims, aged students, were from neighboring Tamil Nadu, though this has yet to be confirmed.

The impact was so catastrophic that all eight occupants died instantly. Emergency services arrived at the scene, recovering the victims from the wreckage and transporting them to Thrissur Medical College.

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