Three people of a family from Bengaluru were killed on the spot when a lorry collided head-on with their car near Bandhalli bypass on National Highway 75 in the taluk on Thursday night.
Jayakeerthi, 51, his wife Vageshwari, 50, and son Prashanth 30, were on their way to meet relatives in Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada district, when the accident occurred.
The family is originally from Dakshina Kannada and was settled in Teachers’ Colony, Kumaraswamy Layout, in Bengaluru.
While Jayakeerthi was a businessman, Prashanth was working as a manager at a private company.
The bodies were shifted to Kavalakatte in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, said the jurisdictional Channarayapatna Town police.
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