Man dies after being hit by lorry while rescuing injured kitten on road in Kerala’s Thrissur – Kerala News

A man in Kerala’s Thrissur district lost his life while attempting to rescue a kitten trapped in the middle of a busy road. The deceased, identified as 44-year-old Sijo Timothy, a resident of Ollukkara, was struck by a truck during the rescue attempt. The kitten, however, was saved.

The incident occurred at 9.41 pm on Tuesday near Mango Bakery at Mannuthi Kalathodu junction. According to eyewitnesses, a mother cat and her kitten were trying to cross the road when a vehicle hit the kitten. The injured kitten remained stranded in the middle of the road as the mother cat tried in vain to reach it, hindered by the flow of traffic.

Sijo, who was passing by on his motorbike, noticed the situation and got off to help. CCTV footage showed him being hit by a speeding lorry as he bent down to pick up the kitten. The impact of the truck caused him to fall in front of an oncoming car from the opposite direction and he was dragged along the road. He was rushed to a private hospital in Thrissur, but doctors were unable to save him.