Alappuzha: An FIR has been filed against the KSRTC driver in connection with the tragic accident involving a KSRTC bus and a car that claimed the lives of five MBBS students. 

The police have charged the driver with reckless driving, based on preliminary information. Police informed that the investigations will continue after reviewing CCTV footage and witness statements.

Five medical students were killed after the car they were traveling with collided with a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.

The accident occurred on the National Highway at Kalarkode, Alappuzha at around 10 pm on Monday.

The deceased students have been identified as Mohammed Ibrahim, hailing from Lakshadweep, Sreedeep from Palakkad, Ayush Shaji from Alappuzha, Devanand from Malappuram, and Mohammed Jabbar from Kannur. All of them were first-year MBBS students of TD Medical College, Alappuzha.