Kundapur: Three from Byndoor Killed in Accident near Bangalore
Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur
Kundapur, Dec 7: Three persons including a child from Byndoor here were killed in an accident that occured at Magadi taluk in Ramanagara district near Bangalore on Friday December 7.
The deceased have been identified as Vimala (24), temple 'paatri' Devadas (53) and Prajwal (4). They belonged to the same family and were residents of Makkimane, Nagoor in Byndoor.
The three of them along with another family member and 15 others had left for Tirupati on Thursday December 7 by tempo traveller. The accident occured at around 6 am on Friday when their vehicle rammed into a sand-laden lorry parked on the highway at Thippasandra Handpost in Magadi taluk.
The rest of the passengers were critically injured in the incident and admitted to Harsha hospital in Nelamangala. They have been identified as Govinda (65), Chandru (60), Mahabala (36), Godavari (21), Muttu (70), Krishna (40), Yashoda (35), Ganesh (34), Sushila (30), Sinchana (7), Harshita (6), Gautama (3), Govinda (63), Muttu (50), Mutta (51) and Shesha (48).
The identity of the driver of the tempo traveller is yet to be ascertained.
It is said that Vimala, Devadas and Prajwal were killed on the spot.
A case has been registered in the Ramanagara police station.