At least 13 persons, including women, children and a toddler, were killed and five critically wounded after a car hit a divider, entered the opposite lane and hit another car moments ago near Kunigal in Tumakuru district of Karnataka on Friday, March 6.
Of the victims, while 12 died on the spot, a child breathed his last in a hospital, they added. The injured were admitted to the hospital, the police said.
Accident occurred on the way to Dharmasthala
Among the dead, 10 were from Tamil Nadu and three from Bengaluru. All of them were pilgrims who were on their way to Dharmasthala in Karnataka.
There were five women and two children among the dead, the police said. "Thirteen persons have died. The incident occurred post-midnight. A car crashed against the road divider and another car collided with it," Tumakuru Superintendent of Police (SP) K Vamsi Krishna said.
The police had to struggle to pull the bodies out from the mangled vehicles. On learning about the incident, relatives of the victims rushed to the spot.
Other accidents
At least eight persons were killed and 24 injured on Monday, March 2 in Gujarat's Tapi district when an oil tanker rammed into a Gujarat state transport bus, officials said. Police said the oil tanker was moving on the wrong side of the highway and they have lodged a complaint against the driver.
According to sources, the oil tanker was going from Songadh to Surat while the bus, coming from Kushalgarh, was travelling to Ukai. The accident happened on the National Highway 56 near Pokhran village in Songadh Taluka in Tapi district.
Sources said when the driver of the bus applied brakes to avoid the collision, a Jeep that was trailing the bus crashed on to it. The injured have been admitted to government hospitals in Vyara and Songadh.
