Kanhangad: A civil police officer from Kasaragod, who was critically injured after a car crashed into a stationary police jeep during highway patrol duty, has undergone amputation of his second leg after doctors were unable to save the limb.

K.M. Sooraj, a native of Pilicode, is undergoing treatment at Tejasvini Hospital in Mangaluru. His left leg had already been amputated following the accident. Doctors said his right leg had sustained nearly 70 per cent damage. Despite multiple surgeries, they were unable to save the limb, and it was subsequently amputated.

Another injured officer shifted out of ICU

Another injured civil police officer, Aloysius Mathew, from Kunnumkai in Chittarikkal, has been shifted from the intensive care unit to a hospital room after his condition improved. He had also undergone a leg amputation.

Both officers are attached to the Kasaragod District Police Headquarters and continue to receive treatment at Tejasvini Hospital.

Officers were on highway patrol duty

The accident took place on June 18 at Padannakkad on National Highway 66. The officers were standing behind a police jeep parked on the roadside as part of a vehicle inspection during highway patrol duty when a car lost control and crashed into them.

The treatment expenses of both injured officers are being met through the Police Welfare Fund following directions issued by Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala.