Car driver burnt alive in fire that engulfed his car after collision with truck in Chamarajnagar
Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar witnessed a tragic incident on Saturday night as a car collided with a goods lorry on the national highway near Hirikar Gate in Gundlupet taluk, resulting in the car driver's untimely demise in a subsequent fire. The deceased driver has been identified as Muzammil Ahmed, aged 35, while the lorry driver sustained minor injuries.
According to the police, the car was en route from Mysuru to Gundlupet on the Mysuru-Ooty National Highway when the collision occurred around 10:45 pm near the Hirikar Gate, close to Begur. The car collided head-on with the goods lorry, which was traveling from Gundlupet towards Mysuru.
Tragically, a fire broke out following the collision, and while the occupants of the lorry managed to escape by jumping out, Ahmed was unable to extricate himself from the car and was ultimately burnt alive. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
The fire brigade promptly arrived at the accident scene upon receiving the report of the fire. However, due to the intensity of the flames, it took considerable time to extinguish them. Consequently, both the car and the goods lorry were completely gutted by the fire. The incident also disrupted traffic flow on the highway, with vehicles queuing up for nearly a kilometer.
Local Police have registered a case at the Begur Police Station, and an investigation into the incident is currently underway.
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Sleeping together in fear of elephant attack, 3 children die of snake bite in Jharkhand
Garwah (Jharkhand), Sep 6: Three children who were sleeping together in fear of elephant attacks, died of snakebite in a village in Jharkhand’s Garwah district, police said on Friday.
The incident happened in Chapkali village, under the jurisdiction of Chinia police station of the district, a police officer said.
Scared of elephant attacks, around 8 to 10 children of a family were sleeping on the floor of their tile home when the reptile, reportedly a Krait, sneaked into the house, situated in Nawanagar Tola, and bit the three on Thursday night, the police officer said.
Following the incident, the victims were taken to a sorcerer at around 1 am, where two of them died.The family members then took the third victim to a quack but she died on the way, the police officer said.
The deceased were identified as Pannalal Korwa (15), Kanchan Kumari (8), and Baby Kumari (9), the Officer-in-Charge of Chinia police station Neeraj Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the villagers are being forced to sleep in safe places owing to the prevailing elephant menace.
The pachyderms enter the human habitat in search of food.
Some villagers were compelled to sleep on the roof of school buildings or in groups at one place in the village, the locals claimed.
