Irinjalakuda, THRISSUR : A couple died early morning Saturday, after the car in which they were travelling fell into a wayside pond, by the national highway in Thrissur's Vaniyampara..
The deceased were identified as Ernakulam native Benny George(54) and his wife Sheela George (51). The car’s driver, Thripunithura naïve Sasi Karta, had a miraculous escape.
The accident took place at 2 am early morning. The couple were returning from a Rotary Club meeting in Coimbatore, when the car veered off the national highway at Vaniyampara, Irinjalakuda and sank into the nearby pond.
Sasi Karta managed to surface holding a tree trunk that rose from the water’s edge.
Migrant labourers who lived in a building opposite the pond, heard the loud noise and alerted the neighbours. Fire & Rescue personnel reached the scene and retrieved the bodies.
Benny is Managing Director of an academic coaching enterprise, Success Unlimited and is also in charge of Rotary in four districts including Thrissur.
