Four youths died when their car crashed into the rear portion of a moving truck near Thirumalapura Gate in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district on the Bengaluru-Hassan highway early on Sunday.
The police said the victims, all in their early twenties, were employed in different firms in Bengaluru.
They were identified as Hemanth, who was at the wheel, Sharat, Dheeraj, and Yogesh. Two of them were natives of Tumakuru district, while one was from Ramanagara, and another hailed from Shivamogga.