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Karnataka: Nine, including four children, killed in road accident
Passengers travelling in a KSRTC bus adjacent to the tempo traveller were also affected due to the accident. Five, including the bus driver, are injured and recuperating at a hospital in Hassan.
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Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai expressed his condolences at the tragedy and said the families of the victims will be awarded compensation. (ANI)As many as nine people from the same family, including four children, were killed in a brutal accident in Banavara, Arsikere taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district in the late hours of Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Chaitra Srinivas (33), Leelavathi Ramesh (50), Vandana Ganganna (20), Bharathi Doddaiah (50), Doddaiah Paapanna (60), Sampath (10), Dimpy (12), Tanmay (10) and Dhruva (2).
According to the police, the incident occurred as a milk tanker missed a diversion sign and the tempo carrying the victims rammed into the tanker, killing nine of the 14 travelling in it. Condition of two of the remaining five passengers is serious.
Passengers travelling in a KSRTC bus adjacent to the tempo traveller were also affected due to the accident. Five, including the bus driver, are injured and recuperating at a hospital in Hassan.
The victims of the tempo traveller were returning after visiting Hassanaamba Temple in Hassan, which opens its doors once a year for devotees.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai condoled the incident and said that families of the victims would be compensated. He also said arrangements will be made to provide adequate treatment for the injured.
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