Chintamani: Eight people died in the accident Jeep They were traveling after colliding with a truck laden with cement bags near Marinayakanahalli in Kencharalhalli police limits of Chintamani taluk of Chikkaballapur district on Sunday afternoon.
Six people died on the spot, while two others later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
The incident took place at around 4 pm, when the jeep was going towards Chintamani with 17 passengers. royalpad In Srinivaspur Taluk, Kolar District. Both the vehicles were moving at high speed when the collision took place. Narayanappa, PSI Kencharalhalli, said. He told that the accident was so strong that the jeep kept dragging for about four meters.
Among those who died are 59-year-old Venkatalakshimma, 49-year-old Muniratnamma, residents of Nreganapalle near Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh. Gopali Narayanaswamy, 55, in Chintamani taluk, a resident of Tapeshwar Colony in Chintamani and Ramesh, 40, are the owner-cum-driver of the jeep. The rest have not been identified yet.
Narayanappa told the Times of India that there were 17 passengers, including two children, in the jeep. The injured have been shifted to hospitals. One passenger escaped with minor injuries. The truck driver left his vehicle and fled.
Maluri MLA KY Nanje Gowda said that he was going from Srinivasapur to Chintamani and was in the back of the jeep at the time of the accident. He said the victims were traveling in private jeep due to lack of cheap and reliable public transport facility. Gowda said that most of the private operators are greedy and drive vehicles without proper permits, licenses and insurance cover.
Six people died on the spot, while two others later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
The incident took place at around 4 pm, when the jeep was going towards Chintamani with 17 passengers. royalpad In Srinivaspur Taluk, Kolar District. Both the vehicles were moving at high speed when the collision took place. Narayanappa, PSI Kencharalhalli, said. He told that the accident was so strong that the jeep kept dragging for about four meters.
Among those who died are 59-year-old Venkatalakshimma, 49-year-old Muniratnamma, residents of Nreganapalle near Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh. Gopali Narayanaswamy, 55, in Chintamani taluk, a resident of Tapeshwar Colony in Chintamani and Ramesh, 40, are the owner-cum-driver of the jeep. The rest have not been identified yet.
Narayanappa told the Times of India that there were 17 passengers, including two children, in the jeep. The injured have been shifted to hospitals. One passenger escaped with minor injuries. The truck driver left his vehicle and fled.
Maluri MLA KY Nanje Gowda said that he was going from Srinivasapur to Chintamani and was in the back of the jeep at the time of the accident. He said the victims were traveling in private jeep due to lack of cheap and reliable public transport facility. Gowda said that most of the private operators are greedy and drive vehicles without proper permits, licenses and insurance cover.
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