Parmesh S Jain
Six people including two women were killed after a lorry fell on the two cars and a bike in Kumbalgod on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru highway, on Monday evening.
Rash driving by the lorry driver is said to be the reason for the mishap.
The deceased have been identified as Nikita Rani, Veenamma,Indra Kumar, Keerthi Kumar,Jitin B George,and TJ Jayaprakash.
While Nikita Rani,Veenamma,Indra Kumar,and Keerthi Kumar,were travelling in a car, Jayaprakash, an employee of an automobile company was in the other car.George,who hails from Kerala, was going on his bike.
Senior officers,with Kumbalgoud police inspector rushed to spot and after inspecting the spot and after collecting stock of the situation he said,The incident occurred at around 6.15 pm, when a lorry laden with tons of crushed stones allegedly hit a divider.
As the driver lost control, the lorry fell on the two cars and a bike moving next to it. Due to the impact, four sitting in a car and the biker were killed on the spot,while Jayaprakash,who was in the other car, died on the way to a hospital.Police said 3-4 others have sustained injuries in the incident.
Due to the accident, the traffic on the busy road came to a standstill for a few kilometeres. The Kumbalgod police rushed to the spot while a crane was pressed into service to remove vehicles involved in the accident from the road. A case is registered in Kumbalgod police station in connection with the incident.
