Three of family killed in road accident in Karnataka

The driver probably failed to judge that there was a curve," Ramanagara Superindentent of Police Chetan Singh Rathor stated

Bengaluru: Three members of a family including two women were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling crashed into a tree in the early hours of Sunday in Ramanagara district, police stated. "A family of five was on the way from Sripathihalli in Magadi to Kunigal when the car crashed against a tree at a  turning near Huchcha Hanumegowdanapalya village. The driver probably failed to judge that there was a curve," Ramanagara Superindentent of Police Chetan Singh Rathor stated. The injured persons have been admitted to a private hospital, he added.

In another incident, eight members of a family were killed during a car crash at the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Police said that during the accident, an 11-year-old girl was also killed. According to the incident, the car they were travelling in rammed into a truck on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura. Police Control Room (PCR) at around 8.20 a.m received a call about the accident. Following which a team was rushed to the spot.

"A Wagon R going from Noida to Agra lost control and rammed into a truck moving ahead of it. The car was so badly damaged that gas cutters had to be used to bring the occupants out. All of them were rushed to a nearby hospital where five persons were declared brought dead," a senior police officer said. Reportedly, one of the injured persons during the accident succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, while the two others were taken to a hospital in Agra. However, doctors reported that they breathed their last in the hospital.

With inputs from PTI

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