Hassan Ganesha procession disaster: Case filed against truck driver; KSRP squad deployed to scene
Hassan: District In-charge Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has said that a case has been filed at the Gorur Police Station against truck driver Bhuvan, whose alleged rash driving caused the disaster during the Ganesha procession in Hassan on Friday night.
He said that an additional Karnataka State Reserve Police squad has been deployed to the accident scene.
The minister has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the victims in the Ganesha procession on Friday night and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
Gowda held a meeting with Hassan MP Shreyas Patel, Deputy Commissioner Latha Kumari and Superintendent of Police Muhammad Sujitha regarding the accident and the road safety measures to be taken to prevent such incidents in future.
A Ganesha idol immersion procession was being taken out in Mosale Hosahalli of the taluk on Friday night when a truck traveling from Hassan and Mysuru reportedly collided with a road divider and the driver, losing control over the vehicle, mowed down the nearby participants.
Nine people have died in the mishap and more than 23 people are reported to have sustained serious injuries.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
