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Eight persons were killed and 26 others suffered injuries when a private bus from Maharashtra hit a rice-laden truck on Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass (NH4) Road near Hubballi on May 23 midnight.
Police Commissioner Labhu Ram said that the accident occurred around Monday midnight near Revadihal on the bypass road close to the Tarihal Interchange in Hubballi. The injured were immediately taken to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital in Hubballi.