<p>Five people were killed after the car they were travelling by collided head on with a tender coconut-laded lorry near Sathenahalli Gate on Arsikere Road in the taluk early Tuesday.<br /><br />The occupants of the car were on their way to Mandya after attending a funeral at Balemane in Shimoga district, the police said.<br /><br />The dead were identified as Srinath, 55, his wife Tara, 45, both residents of Kothnur in Kollegal taluk, Chamarajanagar district; their relative Ramachandra Bhat, 48, and his wife Chandramathi, 45, both from Chamundeshwarinagar in Mandya; and the car driver Srinivas.<br />While Tara and Srinath died of injuries at a hospital in Hassan, the other three died on the spot, the police said.<br /><br />After attending the funeral of Tara’s father, who died on Monday, the four relatives were returing to their homes in businessman Ramachandra Bhat’s car. <br />While the lorry driver fled after the accident, the police arrested the cleaner.<br /></p>
<p>Five people were killed after the car they were travelling by collided head on with a tender coconut-laded lorry near Sathenahalli Gate on Arsikere Road in the taluk early Tuesday.<br /><br />The occupants of the car were on their way to Mandya after attending a funeral at Balemane in Shimoga district, the police said.<br /><br />The dead were identified as Srinath, 55, his wife Tara, 45, both residents of Kothnur in Kollegal taluk, Chamarajanagar district; their relative Ramachandra Bhat, 48, and his wife Chandramathi, 45, both from Chamundeshwarinagar in Mandya; and the car driver Srinivas.<br />While Tara and Srinath died of injuries at a hospital in Hassan, the other three died on the spot, the police said.<br /><br />After attending the funeral of Tara’s father, who died on Monday, the four relatives were returing to their homes in businessman Ramachandra Bhat’s car. <br />While the lorry driver fled after the accident, the police arrested the cleaner.<br /></p>
