The bodies of the deceased in the accident that took place near Kurubur village on T. Narsipur-Kollegal Highway stretch on Monday were sent to Sanganakal in Ballari district after the post-mortem was done at the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute here.
Out of ten deceased, nine tourists belonged to Sangankal and the driver of the ill-fated multipurpose vehicle (MPV-Innova) was from Srirangapatna. The deceased had hired the taxi for sightseeing.
In total, 12 members of three families – Manjunath, Sandeep and Janardhan – had come to Mysuru from Sanganakal to tour the city and surrounding places. Thirteen, including the driver, were travelling in the car when the accident took place. The cab and the private bus collided head-on. The bodies had to be extricated from the remains of the vehicle.
