Dental student dies in freak accident

A FINAL year BDS student at a private dental college in Thiruvananthapuram died after a boulder fell from a lorry and hit his two-wheeler on Tuesday.

Anthu B. Ajikumar was en route to his college when a big boulder fell on his two-wheeler from a lorry near his home in the city suburbs.

Though Ajikumar was wearing a helmet, it couldn’t save him from the impact of the boulder hitting the two-wheeler. He was rushed to a nearby hospital which referred him to a private clinic where he died.

The angry locals took to the streets in protest against the incident.