Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 10 -- The mother of two tribal children, who died after the sunshade of their under-construction home in Attappady in Kerala's Palakkad district collapsed on Saturday, decried the absence of emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, adding that one of her two children could have been saved.

The children - Aadi (7) and Ajnesh (4) - died on Saturday evening after the sunshade of their home collapsed upon them while they were playing outside in the Karuvara settlement of Attappady.

Another child suffered serious injuries and is under treatment.

Both deceased children had to be taken on a motorbike first to a private clinic and then to the nearest government hospital in Kottathara, where they were declared brought de...