2 die as car plunges into river

THALAYOLAPARAMBU: Siblings Prakashan, 56 and Murali, 52, of Chennamakkel, died when the vehicle they were travelling in, fell into a river at Kalpetta on Thursday.They were travelling with their mother Kousalya and other relatives when the mishap occurred in the wee hours, family sources said.Murali was an employee of the KSRTC while Prakashan was working with Kerala Transport Corporation.Prakasan is survived by wife Padmini and daughter Srividhya.His other daughter, Dhanya, had predeceased him.Murali is survived by wife Valsala, son Dhanesh and daughter Dhanya.They were enroute to a relative’s place in Wayanad for a vacation when the incident occurred.They had left here on Wednesday evening in a vehicle owned by a relative.Nine persons, all of them relatives, were travelling in the vehicle.