Bagalkot: Four people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a car near the Toll Gate in Dhannur of Hungund taluk, Bagalkot district, early Thursday morning.

The victims have been identified as Lakshmana Vaddara and Bailappa Biradara, residents of Bidarakundi of Muddebihal taluk of Vijayapur district, car driver Mohammad Rafeeq Gudnala and Ramanna Nayak of Muddebihal.

The passengers in the car were returning home after a visit to the Huligemma Temple near Hospet, Koppal district. The car was completely damaged in the collision on Thursday.

A case has been filed by Hungund Police. Investigation of the accident is underway.

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Kanker (PTI): Six members of a family were killed and three others seriously injured after two cars collided on National Highway-30 in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

The accident occurred late Thursday night near Nathia Navagaon village under Kanker Kotwali police station limits, a senior police official said.

Citing preliminary information, he said seven members of the Mandavi family from Udkuda village in the Charama area were returning from a wedding in Chivaraj village when their car collided with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

The impact left both vehicles badly mangled.

Six persons, including three women, a child and two men, died on the spot in one car, while another passenger was seriously injured, he said. Two persons in the other car also suffered grievous injuries.

On being alerted about it, Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha and other police officials rushed to the spot.

The injured were shifted to the Kanker Medical College hospital, he said.

Police said further investigation into the incident is underway.