Nine persons, including two children, were killed and over 14 injured in a road accident near Kallembella in Sira taluk of Tumakuru district, around 110 km from Bengaluru early on Thursday.
According to the police, the accident occurred when a cruiser tried to overtake a lorry and in the process collided with the latter around 4.30 a.m. on NH 48. The impact of the collision was such that the cruiser overturned. Other travellers rushed to the spot and dragged out people from the severely mangled remains of the vehicle.
The cruiser, which was coming from Raichur to Bengaluru, was overloaded mostly with labourers and their children. As against a capacity of 12, the cruiser had 24 people in it, said Tumakuru Deputy Commissioner Y. S. Patil.
