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Four persons, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed and 7 others were injured successful an aboriginal greeting clang adjacent Bellavi Cross successful Tumakuru connected Friday, constabulary said.
According to the police, the deceased and the injured were returning from the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple to Koppal.
The deceased person been identified arsenic Sakshi, 7, Maruthi, 45, Venkatesh, and Gavisidappa, some aged astir 30. They were residents of Kuknur and Gaddikeri successful Koppal. The conveyance successful which the victims were travelling rammed a stationary motortruck adjacent Bellavi Cross, successful the Kora constabulary presumption limits, the constabulary said.
A constabulary authoritative told The Hindu that the deceased were Ayyappa devotees who had visited the Sabarimala temple connected January 5 on with the injured. They near Sabarimala connected Thursday evening, and the incidental occurred astir 5.30 a.m.
“The driver, identified arsenic Praveen Kumar, is believed to person felt drowsy, which led to the incident. We are yet to grounds his statement,” the serviceman said, adding that the injured are receiving attraction astatine a authorities hospital.
The constabulary person registered an FIR.
