Three school students dead after drowning in a lake while swimming
Tumkur: Three students who left their hostel for school on Wednesday morning died after drowning in a lake when they reportedly went for swimming in the afternoon. The incident was reported from Gubbikere Taluk in Tumkur District,
The deceased have been identified as Srinivas, a ninth grade student and a resident of Maruti Nagar in Bengaluru, Nandan an eighth grade student a resident of Gubbi Taluk and Darshan.
The three victims were boarding at a local SC/ST hostel and had left the hostel on Wednesday morning for school. They went to a local lake in the afternoon for swimming.
Local police and firefighters later pulled out the bodies of the students from the water.
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Raichur: Three students among four killed, ten injured in road accident
Raichur (PTI): At least four persons including three students were killed and ten others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in the wee hours of Wednesday in this district, police said.
The vehicle was carrying students of Mantralaya Sanskrit Pathashala were on a pilgrimage to Hampi to offer prayers at Narahari Temple. Police said the accident occurred near Araginamara Camp in Sindhanur.
Deceased students have been identified as Aryavandan (18), Sucheendra (22) and Abhilash (20). Driver Shiva (24) too lost his life in this accident. The 10 injured people have been admitted to a local hospital.
The Sindhanur police visited the spot, shifted the bodies to the mortuary and injured to the hospital. Sindhanur Traffic Police Station registered a case.
