A 17-year-old PU student was killed and ten others injured when the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided head-on with a goods vehicle in Gouribidanur in Chickballapur district on Thursday morning (November 23).
The victims are from Kurugodu village and were heading to Gouribidanur to attend college in the morning when the accident occurred. The students usually depend on private vehicles and autos to commute to schools and colleges due to non-availability of bus service, a police officer said.
Because of this, autorickshaws and private vehicles make the most of it and drive rashly to complete as many trips as possible, the police officer added.
