Tumakuru: Four persons, including a woman and her son, were killed on the spot and two others were injured in a collision between a private bus and a goods vehicle near Siddharthnagar on the outskirts of the city. tumakuru on Sunday.
dead according to police Poem42, of Chikkanayakanahalli, his son Darshan, 20, who was driving a Tata ACE goods vehicle, Diwakar, 25, byadarahalli Chikkanayakanahalli taluk and . In krishnamurti, 45, of Turuvakere in Tumakuru district.
The SRS Travels bus was on its way from Shivamogga to Bengaluru while the goods vehicle was on its way from Tumakuru market towards Chikanayakanahalli.
They collided head-on near Siddharthnagar on National Highway 206 at around 5.45 am. The front part of the bus was badly damaged in the accident, while the front cabin of the cargo vehicle was crushed.
Two passengers on the bus suffered minor injuries. Neighbors rescued the injured and sent their vehicles to Tumakuru District Government Hospital.
Fire and emergency services personnel used cutters and other tools to remove bodies from the damaged goods vehicle. The bodies were sent to the District Government Hospital in Tumakuru for postmortem.
regular driver was missing
The four persons in the cargo vehicle were sellers of vegetables and flowers. Every day, they used to come to the market to buy flowers and vegetables and take them to their towns and villages to sell them. However, the regular driver of the cargo vehicle did not come and hence Darshan was at the wheel.
Senior police officials including the Superintendent of Police visited the spot. Police are yet to ascertain who was in possession of the goods vehicle.
Possible over-speeding
Police Officer Rahulkumar Shahpurwadi Said: “The road is straight and there is no stretch problem. It seems that the speed of the bus must have been speeding, which led to the accident. We will look into it and find out the reason.”
dead according to police Poem42, of Chikkanayakanahalli, his son Darshan, 20, who was driving a Tata ACE goods vehicle, Diwakar, 25, byadarahalli Chikkanayakanahalli taluk and . In krishnamurti, 45, of Turuvakere in Tumakuru district.
The SRS Travels bus was on its way from Shivamogga to Bengaluru while the goods vehicle was on its way from Tumakuru market towards Chikanayakanahalli.
They collided head-on near Siddharthnagar on National Highway 206 at around 5.45 am. The front part of the bus was badly damaged in the accident, while the front cabin of the cargo vehicle was crushed.
Two passengers on the bus suffered minor injuries. Neighbors rescued the injured and sent their vehicles to Tumakuru District Government Hospital.
Fire and emergency services personnel used cutters and other tools to remove bodies from the damaged goods vehicle. The bodies were sent to the District Government Hospital in Tumakuru for postmortem.
regular driver was missing
The four persons in the cargo vehicle were sellers of vegetables and flowers. Every day, they used to come to the market to buy flowers and vegetables and take them to their towns and villages to sell them. However, the regular driver of the cargo vehicle did not come and hence Darshan was at the wheel.
Senior police officials including the Superintendent of Police visited the spot. Police are yet to ascertain who was in possession of the goods vehicle.
Possible over-speeding
Police Officer Rahulkumar Shahpurwadi Said: “The road is straight and there is no stretch problem. It seems that the speed of the bus must have been speeding, which led to the accident. We will look into it and find out the reason.”
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