Three killed as speeding car leaps over NH 44 median, crashes into KSRTC bus near Bengaluru

In a freak accident, a speeding car vaulted implicit the NH44 median adjacent Laalagondanahalli successful northeast Bengaluru, flipped into the other lane, and crashed into an oncoming KSRTC autobus connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) night. The interaction killed each 3 occupants of the car connected the spot.

The mishap occurred astir 11.30 p.m. adjacent Laalagondanahalli Gate, adjacent to Devanahalli. The deceased person been identified arsenic Mohan Kumar, 33, Suman V., 28, and Sagar S., 23, each residents of Sadahalli connected the city’s northeastern outskirts.

A preliminary constabulary probe revealed that the trio was returning from a wedding erstwhile they crashed into the Bagepalli-bound KSRTC bus. The constabulary fishy the car was being driven astatine a precocious speed, causing the operator to suffer control. The car reportedly skidded for astir 100 feet earlier leaping implicit the median into the other lane.

“The collision caused the car to topple again and onshore connected the divider. The strength of the clang is evident from the information of the vehicle, which is irreparable,” a elder serviceman from the northeast part told The Hindu.

Police were incapable to retrieve the speedometer to estimation the vehicle’s speed. The victims’ bodies were severely mutilated, leaving nary anticipation of shifting them to a hospital. A humor trial has been requested to find whether the operator was nether the power of alcohol.

Three autobus passengers injured

Of the 25 passengers successful the KSRTC bus, 3 sustained insignificant injuries and were taken to adjacent hospitals. All are retired of danger.

The determination has nary CCTV coverage, leaving constabulary without ocular grounds of the incident. Based connected a ailment from the autobus driver, Devanahalli Traffic Police person registered an FIR against the deceased.

Police person invoked BNS Sections 281 (rash driving connected a nationalist way), 125A (act endangering beingness oregon idiosyncratic information of others), and 106(1) (causing decease by negligence).