A young scooterist died on Sunday after he allegedly sped away on seeing a police team and got entangled in a rope tied across the road near Valanjambalam as part of restricting vehicular traffic ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cavalcade passage. The accident occurred around 10 p.m.
The deceased was identified as Manoj Unni, 28, of Vaduthala. Though he was rushed to a nearby private hospital by the police team, he succumbed to his injuries at 1.15 a.m. The hospital authorities attributed the death to a ruptured trachea, a minor surgery held to correct which proved unsuccessful.
The rope was tied across the lane where S.A. Road meets M.G. Road since the Prime Minister’s cavalcade was to pass through M.G. Road on its way to the Ernakulam Guest House. The cavalcade reached the guest house around 10.50 p.m.
