20230202 Pregnant woman, husband charred to death after moving car catches fire in Kerala’s Kannur
India Feb 02 2023 “Automobile & Railway”
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Pregnant woman, husband charred to death after moving car catches fire in Kerala’s Kannur
Updated: 2023-02-02
KOZHIKODE: In a gruesome incident, a pregnant woman and her husband were charred to death after the car they were travelling in caught fire near Kannur district hospital in Kannur city on Thursday morning.
Four other family members who were in the back seat of the car managed to escape from the burning vehicle.
Police identified the deceased as Kuttiyatoor natives Reesha, 26, and her husband Prajith, 32, who was driving the Maruti Spresso car.
Police said the deceased couple got trapped in the vehicle as they could not open the two front doors of the car.
The family was on the way to the district hospital for Reesha’s doctor consultation and was just 200 metres away from the hospital when the mishap happened at around 10.40am.
Motorists and onlookers who were present at the spot were shell shocked to witness the gruesome sight of the couple getting burnt alive right before their eyes.
“I was driving my two-wheeler behind the car and suddenly it went up in flames. The person who was driving the vehicle managed to stop the vehicle and he opened the back door himself from inside which enabled the four passengers in the back seat to escape. But he along with the pregnant wife got stuck inside the vehicle in the front seats. They were desperately calling us to come near and help them but though we tried, we couldn’t help as flames had engulfed the vehicle,” an eyewitness said.
The fire and rescue services department officials immediately came to the spot from their fire station situated nearby and doused the flames, but the couple could not be saved.
“We will be able to ascertain the reason behind the accident only after forensic examination of the vehicle by experts. It appears that the two persons in the front seats could not open the front doors of the vehicle,” said Kannur city police commissioner Ajit Kumar.
Web Source: The Times of India