This is an archive article published on November 5, 2022

Karnataka: 7 women killed, 11 injured in Bidar accident

The women were returning home after work in the auto-rickshaw when it collided with the truck near Bemalakheda government school.

1 min readBidarNov 5, 2022 08:21 AM IST

The VV Puram traffic police booked a case of a hit-and-run road accident due to negligence and rash driving. (File)

Seven women were killed and 11 injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck at a village in Chittaguppa taluk here late on Friday.

These women were labourers and were returning home after work in the auto-rickshaw when it collided with the truck near Bemalakheda government school.

They have been identified as Parvathi (40), Prabhavathi (36), Gundamma (60), Yadamma (40), Jaggamma (34) Ishwaramma (55) and Rukmini Bai (60), police said.

The drivers of the two vehicles were among the 11 injured. Police said two of them are in a critical condition. A case has been registered.

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