Fourteen killed, 24 injured in two separate accidents in Karnataka
Yellapura/Raichur: As many as fourteen people were killed and 24 sustained injuries in two separate road accidents occurred in Uttara Kannada and Raichur districts on Wednesday, police said.
The injured are out of danger, but are undergoing treatment in the hospital, they said.
Condoling the tragic incident, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the families would be paid compensation.
“It’s heartbreaking to hear the news that 14 people died in two separate accidents in Yellapur in Uttara Kannada district and Sindhanur in Raichur district. I pray for the souls of the deceased to rest in peace,” Siddaramaiah said in a statement.
“The families of the deceased will be provided appropriate compensation by the government,” he added.
In the Yellapura incident, a truck carrying 29 fruit sellers fell into a 50-metre-deep valley in the wee hours of Wednesday, police said.
The victims from Savanur in Haveri district, were heading towards the Yellapura fair to sell fruits. The accident occurred in a forested section, the Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police M Narayana said.
“Around 5.30 am, the truck driver in a bid to give way to another vehicle went to the extreme left and fell into a 50-metre-deep valley,” Narayana told news agency.
He added that there was no protection wall in the road there.
“Eight persons were killed on the spot and two got critical injuries. The injured have been shifted to the KIMS Hospital in Hubballi,” the officer said.
Two critically wounded persons too died, failing to respond to treatment, sources said.
Nine victims have been identified as Fayaz Imam Saab Jamakhammadi (40), Wasim Mulla Mudageri (25), Ijaz Mushtaq Mulla (20), Sadiq Bhasha Paras (30), Ghulam Hussain Gudusaab Jawali (40), Imtiaz Ahmed Jafar Mulageri (45), Alfaz Jafar Mandaki (25), Jalani Babdul Ghaffar Zakati (20) and Aslam Babu Benne (24).
“We shifted the 15 injured persons to the hospital. They are out of danger,” a police officer said.
A pall of gloom descended on Savanur town after the accident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah too condoled the tragic death of 10 people in Yallapura.
