Daijiworld Media Network - Mandya (SP)
Mandya, Nov 23: In a head-on collision between a goods tempo and Tata Sumo passenger vehicle at Nagamangala in the district on Friday November 22, eight lives were lost on the spot.
The Tata Sumo was moving towards Bellur from Nagamangala when a goods tempo that was moving towards Nagamangala from Bellur collided with it. The survivors of this accident have been admitted into Adichunchanagiri Hospital in Nagamangala with serious injuries.
Those who lost their lives were Barq Sharif son of Ismail (50), Tahir son of Sultan Shariff (30), Naushad son of Maqbool Pasha (45), Haseen Taj wife of Khaleem (50), Mehboob Jan son of Muhammed (25), Sahida (50), Maqsood son of Mohammed (25) and Akbar Alli (40).
All the deceased belonged to Nagamangala town, it is learnt. They were members of Al Falah Minorities Credit Cooperative Society and were proceeding to have a party together at the end of their terms when the accident took away their lives.
The accident caused traffic chaos on national highway 75 for some time. The police, who later removed both the vehicles from the road, paved way for smooth resumption of traffic.