KOCHI: Avani, who suffered a serious spinal injury in a car accident hours before her wedding in Alappuzha, completed her surgery on Saturday. The surgery, conducted under the leadership of Dr Sudheesh Karunakaran, Head of the Neurosurgery Department at VPS Lakeshore Hospital, was successful.

A detailed medical report explaining the nature of the injury will be released later. The surgery began at around 9.45 am today and was completed by noon. Avani is continuing to be monitored in the Surgical ICU. She will be shifted after her condition improves.

Avani left for Kumarakom with her relative Ananthu and paternal aunt Jayanamma at 1.30 am yesterday to get her make-up done. However, tragedy struck after the car they were travelling in lost control and hit a tree near the Pallichira Chulapa

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