Low visibility due to dense morning mist in the area probably led to the accident on the outskirts of Chickballapur in which 13 people died, the police said on Thursday.
The accident occurred at 7.10 a.m. when the SUV, which was overloaded, rammed into a tanker parked near a traffic police station. The tanker driver had parked the vehicle by the roadside and had gone to attend to nature’s call. The morning mist was dense, leading to very low visibility. The SUV driver probably did not see the tanker, the police said. Moreover, the tanker driver, Palani, had not switched on the parking lights. The police have arrested the tanker driver, booking him under Section 304A for causing death due to negligence.
The SUV driver, Narasimhappa, 40, hailing from Gorantla in Andhra Pradesh, was illegally running a ferry service in a whiteboard vehicle and had overloaded the vehicle. While the vehicle could carry eight persons, 13 persons were travelling in it and all of them were killed in the accident.
