Kolar, March 3
At least four people, including a two-year-old child, were killed, and four others were injured in a road accident in Karnataka's Kolar district on Monday morning.
The accident occurred on the recently inaugurated Bengaluru- Chennai Expressway.
The deceased were identified as 45-year-old Mahesh, two-year-old Udvita, and 60-year-old Ratnamma, all of whom were traveling in an Innova car. The identity of the deceased bike rider is yet to be ascertained.
The injured -- Sushmita, Viruta, Sujata, and Sunil -- have been shifted to a private hospital in Kolar. According to the police, the deceased were residents of Kammasandra village near KGF in the Kolar district. They were traveling to their village from Bengaluru when the accident occurred within the limits of the Bangarapet police station.
The incident took place when a bike collided with the car near Kuppanahalli in Bangarapet taluk. All four victims, including the bike rider, died on the spot. Police have stated that overspeeding was the primary cause of the accident.
In an accident on Saturday, five devotees were killed in a head-on collision between their car and a truck in the Chikkindewadi village of Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district.
All five victims, including two women, were travelling to the popular pilgrimage site of Male Mahadeshwara Hills.
Police suspect that the accident was caused by overspeeding.
The force of the head-on collision caused the car to roll into an adjacent agricultural field, spinning multiple times and resulting in the deaths of all five occupants.