Kozhikode: One person was killed in a road accident involving a car and a truck transporting liquor in the early hours of Monday at Iringadan Palli Junction in Kozhikode district.

The accident occurred around 4 am when a car collided with a goods truck carrying alcohol for the Ernakulam beverages. The impact of the crash was severe, leaving the front portion of the truck completely mangled.

The deceased has been identified as Krishnan, a resident of Wayanad. 

According to preliminary information, the truck was travelling from Mysuru to Ernakulam carrying consignments of beer and other alcoholic beverages. Following the collision, the truck overturned on the road, causing several boxes of beer and liquor bottles to spill across the junction.