13 people killed in 2 road accidents in Karnataka
Thirteen people were killed and 19 injured in two early-morning road accidents in Karnataka on Wednesday, police said.
A truck carrying fruit vendors, fell into a 50-metre-deep valley in a forest area of Savanur-Hubballi Road killing nine people and injuring nine others, police said.
The victims were transporting fruit to a local fair being organised in a place called Yellapura. The driver of the truck swerved to the extreme left in a bid to allow a vehicle that was trying to overtake it around 5.30 am, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police M Narayana told PTI.
"As the road in the section doesn't have barrier walls on the edge, the truck fell into the valley. The injured have been shifted to KIMS Hospital in Hubballi," the officer said.
In the second accident, four people, including three students, were killed and 10 others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned near Araginamara Camp in Sindhanur, Raichur district.
The students of Mantralaya Sanskrit Pathashala were on a pilgrimage to Hampi to offer prayers at Narahari temple.
The deceased students have been identified as Aryavandan (18), Sucheendra (22) and Abhilash (20). Driver Shiva (24) also died in the accident. The 10 injured have been admitted to a local hospital.
Sindhanur Traffic Police Station registered a case.
