{
  "id": 5719122,
  "title": "Kerala news: Eight Tamil Nadu students killed in road accident as car rams into parked lorry in Thrissur",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/kerala-news-eight-tamil-nadu-students-killed-in-road-accident-as-car",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T04:38:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kerala-news-eight-tamil-nadu-students-killed-in-road-accident-as-car-rams-into-parked-lorry-in-thrissur-11788580643304.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Kerala's Thrissur district, a devastating road accident claimed the lives of eight individuals, believed to be students from Tamil Nadu, on Friday night. The tragic collision occurred around 11.40 pm when a car struck the rear of a parked lorry on the National Highway at Panambikkunnu in Kaipamangalam. The lorry, registered in Maharashtra, had been illegally parked on the right side of an under-construction stretch of NH-66, which had been barricaded due to traffic diversion.\n\nThe car, driven at high speed, failed to notice the diversion barricade and rammed into the lorry, resulting in a catastrophic impact that left the vehicle severely mangled. Emergency services, including locals, fire and rescue personnel, and police, rushed to the scene to rescue the passengers. However, six of them succumbed to their injuries on the spot, while two others died later at a nearby hospital.\n\nThe deceased were identified as students from an engineering college in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, with four of the victims hailing from the same college: Surya, Yuvasanjith, Vishva, and Johua. Two others were from Madurai: Santhosh and Prasanna. The identity of the remaining two victims has not been determined yet. The lorry driver has been charged under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide.",
  "summary": "Eight people, believed to be Tamil Nadu students, died in a road accident in Thrissur, Kerala after their car collided with a lorry at Panambikkunnu on Friday night.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "8 Killed As Car Rams Into Parked Lorry In Kerala's Thrissur",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/8-killed-as-car-rams-into-parked-lorry-in-keralas-thrissur",
        "published": "2026-09-05T01:08:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "8 dead in Kerala's Thrissur after car crashes into parked lorry late at night",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/8-dead-in-keralas-thrissur-after-car-crashes-into-parked-lorry-late",
        "published": "2026-09-05T02:47:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Kerala Tragedy: 8 Tamil Nadu Engineering Students Killed In Horrific Midnight Crash After Car Rams Into Lorry Parked On NH-66 In Thrissur | Watch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/kerala-tragedy-8-tamil-nadu-engineering-students-killed-in-horrific",
        "published": "2026-09-05T04:05:39.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}