3 killed as police vehicle rams lorry in Alappuzha

Alappuzha: Three people were killed and another was injured as the car they were travelling in rammed a lorry near Ambalappuzha in the wee hours of today.

The car in which police team was travelling from Kottiyam police station, Kollam rammed into a tanker lorry coming from the opposite direction.

Three died including a female civil police officer.

Sreekala (30) a CPO posted at Kottiyam police station, car driver Noufal, Haseena (30), a resident of Kottiyam are the deceased.

Another police officer Nisar has been seriously injured. He has been admitted to the nearby hospital.

The accident took place around 5 am today morning on the national highway when the team was on the way to Kottiyam from Angamaly.

The police team was returning after having found Haseena who had gone missing.