Kolar: Four Sabarimala pilgrims killed as car falls off flyover
Kolar (PTI): Four Sabarimala pilgrims were killed after their car, which was allegedly overspeeding, hit the side barrier of a flyover and fell into an underpass in this district here in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The accident occurred between 2.15 am and 2.30 am at Abbenahalli village in Malur taluk, they said.
The victims, all friends, were on their way to Sabarimala in Kerala when the accident took place, police said.
Citing preliminary investigation, a senior police officer said the driver was allegedly overspeeding, causing the vehicle to crash into the flyover's side barrier. The impact was so severe that the car, along with the male occupants, fell nearly 100 metres into the underpass, killing them on the spot.
The bodies will be handed over to their respective families after postmortem, police said.
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Accept Congress decision appointing V D Satheesan as Kerala CM: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.
The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.
The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.
Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.
