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Man returns to Kerala from US, dies in road accident on way home

His taxi collides head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction
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A man who returned to Kerala from the United States on Wednesday morning died in a road accident on his way home at Thalassery in Kannur district, police said.

The accident occurred around 6.30 am near Mukkali at Vadakara here when 40-year-old Shijil was going home in a taxi after landing at Karipur airport, an officer of Chombala police station.

The taxi driver, Jubi (38), who also hails from Thalassery, too died in the accident.

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According to CCTV visuals of the accident aired on TV channels, the taxi collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction.

Police said that the truck driver was yet to show up at the station as directed.

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