Mandya: Nine Perish in Bus-Tempo Collision at Pandavapura
Daijiworld Media Network – Mandya (SP)
Mandya, Apr 13: A KSRTC bus, and a tempo that was carrying people to an engagement ceremony, were involved in a head-on collision on the outskirts of Chinakurali village in Pandavapura taluk in the district on Thursday April 12. Nine persons died in the accident.
The KSRTC bus was coming from Shimoga, while the tempo was taking people from Kailasapuram, Mysore, to Kundanahalli in K R Pet Taluk, where an engagement ceremony had been organized.
While six died on the spot, three more succumbed to their injuries to K R Hospital in Mysore. A number of injured continue to be treated in the hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Kumar (30), Rohit (4), Roshan (3), Appuswamy (60), Jyoti (40), Puttamma (50), Chikkachaluvayya (60), Doddachaluvayya (70), and tempo driver, Prasad, all from Kailasapuram in Mysore.
The groom was following the tempo in a motor bike, and hence, was saved, it is gathered.