Three of family killed after car hits culvert in Karnataka
Ballari (Karnataka) (PTI): Three members of a family died while two others were injured after their car allegedly lost control and crashed into a culvert, police said on Thursday.
The accident occurred on the Ballari–Siruguppa state highway in Tekkalakote town of this district on December 24.
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According to police, the accident took place around 5 am when the family was returning home in Siruguppa after a temple visit in Tamil Nadu.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver dozed off at the wheel, causing him to lose control and crash the vehicle into the culvert, a senior police officer said.
Those injured were shifted to the Ballari Medical College and Research Centre (BMCRC) Hospital in Ballari, police said.
They are said to be out of danger.
A case of accident has been registered, police said.
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Small plane crashes in rural area of northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board
Bogota (AP): A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, authorities said.
Satena, the state-owned airline that operated the flight, said local officials in the community of Curasica notified authorities about where the plane had gone down and a rescue team was deployed to “assess the condition of the passengers.”
Colombia's Transportation Ministry later released a statement saying that “once the aircraft was located on site, authorities regrettably confirmed that there were no survivors.”
The aircraft, which has a registration number of HK4709, took off at 11:42 am local time from the airport in Cucuta, the department's capital, bound for Ocana, a municipality surrounded by mountains, on a flight that typically lasts about 40 minutes.
The aircraft's final contact with air traffic control came minutes after takeoff, according to a statement released by Satena.
The small plane was carrying two crew members and 13 passengers, including Diogenes Quintero, who represents the victims of the internal armed conflict in his region, the airline said.
