Kerala home secretary Dr. V Venu and his wife , Additional Chief Secretary ,Local Self Government department, Sarada G. Muraleedharan sustained injuries when their vehicle rammed into a lorry on NH 66 at Kottamkulangara near Kayamkulam in Alappuzha in the wee hours of Monday.
According to the Kayamkulam police, the official vehicle of the home secretary collided with a truck on National Highway 66 at around 1am on Monday . The IAS couple’s son Sabari, driver Abhilash and family friends, Pranav and Saurav ,were also injured in the accident. They were admitted to a private hospital near Thiruvalla. Hospital authorities said that they were in the intensive care unit of the hospital and their condition is stable.
The home secretary and others were heading to Thiruvananthapuram from Kochi when they met with the accident. The lorry was going to Kochi from Tenkasi.