Mararikulam Rail Accident

There was a rail accident in Mararikulam when a car was crushed at an unmanned rail cross at Poopally. The car was completely destroyed and no passenger in the car could survive the crash.

Among the diseased are a German couple – Manfred Herbert Gustav Rudolf Hoepfner, 54, and Katrin-Susanne Hoepfner, 47, a postgraduate student in tourism administration – Shanimol, 21, and the driver Antony.

Shanimol had arrived from Bangalore for a 45-day training at a near by resort where the couple were staying. Shanimol’s father Shaji, a resident of Valavanadu is a driver at the Arthunkal police station.

This is the first time that such a crash occurs in Mararikulam. The authorities have ensured that this crossing would soon be manned and a gate would be constructed here.