On Thursday morning, 42-year-old Balu, who works in the land revenue department of the state government, was crossing the road in Kayamkulam when he was hit by a car.

Balu was taken to a nearby hospital but he died. His mortal remains have been kept at the government hospital in Kayamkulam.

Voting is being held in Kerala on Friday to elect 20 new Lok Sabha members and on Thursday morning, all state government officials assigned for election duty will have to reach their respective distribution centers to collect election material. Baal was on his way when the accident happened.