Tue Dec 03 04:10:02 UTC 2024: ## Kerala Road Accident Claims Five Medical Students’ Lives
**Alappuzha, Kerala:** Five first-year MBBS students died in a horrific head-on collision between a car and a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus on Monday night. The accident occurred around 10 PM amidst heavy rain, near Kalarkode, Alappuzha. The impact was so severe that the car was completely destroyed, requiring the use of cutting tools to extract the occupants.
The victims, identified as Devanandan and Muhammed Ibrahim (Lakshadweep residents) and Ayush Shaji, Shreedeep Valson, and Muhammed Jabbar (Kerala residents), were all students at TD Medical College, Alappuzha. While the students perished, some passengers on the bus sustained minor injuries and received medical attention. The heavy rain and reduced visibility are cited as contributing factors to the accident by Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) officials. The accident initially caused traffic congestion on the national highway, but the situation was later brought under control. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examinations, and the families of the deceased have been informed.
**(Note: The unrelated news items about the rescue of a Takshak Nag snake in Jharkhand, the attack on a lawyer in Bangladesh, Donald Trump’s warning to Hamas, and the death of an IPS officer’s son in a separate accident have been omitted from this news article as they are not directly related to the main event.)**
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