Two pairs of father and son died in two separate accidents on Sunday, the day when Father’s Day was celebrated. While a pair from Rajajinagar in Bengaluru met with the accident near Mudigere, another pair from Tamil Nadu succumbed to injuries they suffered in an accident near Alur in Hassan district.
Narasimharaju, 58, a resident of Rajajinagar and his son Kiran Kumar, 23, died after the car they were travelling by hit a tree near Mudigere around 1.30 p.m. They were returning to Bengaluru after a visit to Dharmasthala. Narasimharaju’s wife Bharathi and daughter Prerana also suffered injuries in the incident. They have been shifted to Hassan for treatment. Mudigere police reached the spot and registered a case.
In another incident, Anjanappa, 40, and Karthik, 17, residents of Honnahutti village near Muthur in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, died when the car they were travelling by was hit by a canter truck near Eshwarahalli in Alur taluk around 4 a.m. on Sunday.
