A private bus toppled on Mysuru-Bengaluru NH-275 near Agaralinganadoddi of Maddur taluk in Mandya district.
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Nelamangala (Mandya district): Former Chikkamagaluru Urban Development Authority (CUDA) president, his wife and their relative died after the car they were travelling in crashed into a bridge wall and fell into a ditch on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway in the taluk on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Chandregowda (62), the former CUDA president, his wife Sarojamma (57) and their relative Savithramma, all natives of Chikkamagaluru.
The accident occurred when they were travelling from Bengaluru to Chikkamagaluru.
The bodies were shifted to Adichunchangiri hospital mortuary for autopsy. The Bindiganavile police have registered a case.
In another accident reported near Agaralinganna Doddi in Maddur taluk, a private bus overturned on a service road, injuring more than 30 people. Locals pulled the injured passengers out of the bus.
The passengers were travelling to Bengaluru after visiting the Shimsha Maramma temple in Malavalli. The injured were taken to hospitals in Mandya and Maddur for treatment.