Pathanamthitta: A young man died on Saturday after the bike he was riding collided with a KSRTC superfast bus at Koorampala, near Pandalam, on MC Road. The accident occurred near the Koorampala Sreechithrodayam reading room around 1 pm. The deceased is Arjun Vijayan (21), son of the late Vijayan, from Venmani in Chengannur.

Arjun was on his way to Thiruvananthapuram from Venmani when the KSRTC bus plying from Iringalakuda to Kottarakara collided with his bike.

Despite being rushed to a private hospital in Pandalam by residents and Mavelikara MP Kodikunnil Suresh, who was passing by, Arjun could not be saved.

In April 2021, Arjun's father, Vijayan, also tragically died in a road accident near Kottarakara when the bike he was riding collided with a truck.

Arjun is survived by his mother, Sreekala, and his brother, Aswin, and was employed alongside his mother at Hindustan Latex in Thiruvananthapuram.