Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Bantwal, Nov 15: A horrific accident at the Brahmashree Narayana Guru Circle on the Mangaluru–Bengaluru National Highway in BC Road early Saturday morning claimed the lives of three people and left six others seriously injured.
The deceased have been identified as Ravi (64), Nanjamma (75) and Ramya (23), all residents of Bengaluru.
Those injured have been identified as Sushila, Keerthi Kumar, Kiran, Bindu, Prashanth and the driver, Subrahmanya. All of them have been admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
The accident occurred at around 5 am when an Innova car (registration number KA 02 AE 6146), travelling from Bengaluru towards Udupi, lost control and crashed into the Narayana Guru Circle. The impact of the collision was so severe that the vehicle was completely mangled.
A total of nine relatives were travelling in the car at the time of the accident.
A case has been registered at the Bantwal Traffic police station, and further investigation is underway.