2 killed, 3 injured in accident

KOCHI: Two people were killed and three seriously injured in an accident that  occurred  on Seaport-Airport Road here on Tuesday. The injured were immediately rushed to the Sunrise Hospital in Kakkanad. They are in the intensive care unit. The accident took place when a lorry carrying gas cylinders hit an autorikshaw en route to Irumbanam.The auto driver who was killed has been identified as Ritu Thomas, 27, from Kasargod. Majhi, from Orissa was the other person who was killed. The injured, Arun, Chandar and Jagily, all from Orissa, are in critical condition.