Mysore, Feb. 6 (RK,RS&KMC)- In a ghastly road accident, four persons were killed and 15 injured when the KSRTC bus in which they were travelling plowed into a parked lorry loaded with iron pipes early this morning. The accident occurred in Thandavapura village on Mysore-Nanjangud road.
According to reports, the accident occurred opposite the Mahadeshwara Petrol Bunk, 14 kms from the city and 8 kms from Nanjangud.
The KSRTC bus (KA-09, F-3496) bound for Chamarajanagar, left the city at 4.25 am. The ill-fated bus rammed into the lorry (KA-12, 7029) parked by the roadside. The impact was such that the iron pipes smashed through the windshield and speared four passengers to death and seriously injured 15 others. The bus driver Manohar, who miraculously escaped unhurt, is absconding.
Those killed in the mishap are identified as Subrahmanya (45), son of Puttanna, resident of Chamarajanagar; Srinivas (50), son of Shankar Rao, resident of Chikkayyana Chathra, Nanjangud taluk; Narayanappa (40), son of Chikkappaiah, resident of Malur village in Kolar district and Dinesh (40), resident of Kudige village near Kushalnagar, Kodagu district. The bodies were shifted to the government hospital mortuary in Nanjangud.
Those severely injured were shifted to K.R. Hospital in city in two 108 ambulances while others were admitted to the government hospital in Nanjangud.
Mysore SP Rama Subba, Additional SP P. Venkataswamy, Nanjangud DySP Rajagopal, Nanjangud CI Pramod Kuma...more
