Driver booked after Kuttippuram crash; probe into speed, safety factors begins

The police have registered a case against bus driver Shabeer in connection with Sunday’s accident on National Highway-66 at Kuttippuram that killed one passenger and injured 20 others. Three passengers remain in critical condition.Shabeer, who was among those injured in the crash, was booked under charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, based on a complaint filed by a survivor. The complaint alleged that the bus was travelling at high speed and that the driver’s negligence caused the accident.The police said the preliminary investigation suggested that the bus lost control while overtaking another vehicle at high speed on a downhill curve and crashed into the roadside barrier. The impact caused a tyre to come off, and the bus to split into two as it overturned onto a