Judge's teen son takes Mercedes-Benz for night drive, rams into scooter, kills 55-yr-old in Kochi

Kochi: Days after a Mini Cooper crash claimed the lives of three youths travelling on a scooter, another luxury car accident in Kochi killed a scooter rider in the early hours of Sunday. The car involved was a Mercedes-Benz allegedly driven by a 17-year-old student, the son of a court judge. The accident occurred around 2.20 am near the Ford showroom at Maraparambu on Container Road in Cheranalloor. The deceased, Jayabalakrishnan (55), was a resident of Nelluvelil, South Chittoor, in Cheranalloor. According to Cheranalloor police, the teenager, who lives in Aluva, had taken the Mercedes-Benz , registered in his father's name, without his parents' knowledge. He was alone in the car and was travelling from Vallarpadam towards Kalamassery when it hit the scooter, which was moving in the same direction.