Summary:
A few passengers in the bus suffered minor injuries in the impact of the collision. The youths were part of a group of persons in five cars from Idukki proceeding to CIAL to see off three youths to Oman. The youths were proceeding to see off Jerin, who was employed in the Middle East. People, who were present at the site, and the police pulled out the youths from the car by cutting open its mangled remains. Five of the youths died on the spot, while the other two, including one whose ear was severed, were admitted to hospital..