Images reveal how 4 students from Kerala died in Bengaluru-Mysore highway accident

Four students, who hail from Kerala, were killed when their car collided with a truck on the Bengaluru-Mysore highway in the wee hours of Friday, October 6.

The incident took place at around 3.45 am near Ramanagara. According to police, the students were travelling in a Hyundai Verna car (KA 53 MA 1801) and died on the spot.

The overspeeding car is believed to have collided with the truck after hitting a divider. 

The deceased have been identified as Joel Jacob, Nikith P Sudeep, Rabecca Thomas and Jeena Elda aged between 23 and 26 years. They were returning to Bengaluru after a trip to Mysore. While Joel was a second year MBBS student of Rajarajeshwari Medical College in Karnataka, two girls were from VIT University in Vellore and the others was reportedly second year BCom student of Bharath Matha College in Kakkanad.

Their bodies have been taken to a nearby hospital for post-mortem. Joel was apparently driving the car and Ramanagara police is yet to determine if the youngsters were under the influence of alcohol.

Several accidents have been reported on the Bengaluru-Mysore highway in the recent months. On August 7, three people had died and four were severely injured after a speeding car slammed the median and crashed into two vehicles near Maddur.

Here are the images from the accident spot in Ramanagara