Former national high jump champion Juby Thomas dies in an accident

Thomas, a Railway chief ticketing inspector in Ernakualm, was on his way to work when his bike was knocked down by a vehicle at Mulanthuruthy.

FILE PHOTO: Former national high jump champion Juby Thomas of Kerala. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Juby Thomas, a former national high jump champion and the 1999 South Asian Games bronze medallist, died after an accident at Mulanthuruthy on Friday morning. He was 42 and is survived by his wife and three daughters.

Thomas, a Railway chief ticketing inspector in Ernakualm, who hails from Piravom, was on his way to work when his bike was knocked down by a vehicle at Mulanthuruthy. He died in a hospital at Tripunithura.