<p>Seven people, including a girl child were killed, and 16 sustained injuries when a lorry overturned and fell on a Tempo in which they were travelling, near Kalghatagi in Dharwad district on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead have been identified as Fakkirappa Narvekar (55), Chandrakant Kasalkar (35), Shantaram Kasalkar (45), Ramachandra Pillurkar (70), Sayyed Gundur (32), and four-year-old Simran Anchatageri. All are from Sulikeri village, and Parashuram Redekar of Singanahalli village.<br /><br />Two of the injured are said to be in a critical condition. According to SP Y S Ravikumar, the injured have been shifted to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Hubli for treatment.<br /><br />The accident took place near Kalakunti on Kalghatgi-Yellapur road, five km from Kalghatagi, around 10:15 am. <br /><br />The ill-fated Tempo was carrying some 25 people (including several seated on the roof) from Sulikere and Sangameshwar villages to Kalghatagi for a weekly shandy.<br /><br />As the Tempo sped past a lorry overloaded with eucalyptus logs near a curve, the other driver lost control of his vehicle which had been swaying under its heavy load. <br /><br />It fell on the Tempo, flattening it. Police had to employ earthmovers and cranes to extricate bodies from the crushed vehicle.<br /><br />Superintendent of Police Ravikumar, Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain, and other officers visited the site of the accident and monitored rescue operations. <br /><br />A post mortem of the dead was conducted at Kalghatagi government hospital, before the bodies were handed over to the next of kin.<br /><br />The accident affected traffic on the road for over three hours. According to police, the truck had been carrying eucalyptus logs to the West-Coast Paper Mill at Dandeli.<br /></p>
<p>Seven people, including a girl child were killed, and 16 sustained injuries when a lorry overturned and fell on a Tempo in which they were travelling, near Kalghatagi in Dharwad district on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The dead have been identified as Fakkirappa Narvekar (55), Chandrakant Kasalkar (35), Shantaram Kasalkar (45), Ramachandra Pillurkar (70), Sayyed Gundur (32), and four-year-old Simran Anchatageri. All are from Sulikeri village, and Parashuram Redekar of Singanahalli village.<br /><br />Two of the injured are said to be in a critical condition. According to SP Y S Ravikumar, the injured have been shifted to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Hubli for treatment.<br /><br />The accident took place near Kalakunti on Kalghatgi-Yellapur road, five km from Kalghatagi, around 10:15 am. <br /><br />The ill-fated Tempo was carrying some 25 people (including several seated on the roof) from Sulikere and Sangameshwar villages to Kalghatagi for a weekly shandy.<br /><br />As the Tempo sped past a lorry overloaded with eucalyptus logs near a curve, the other driver lost control of his vehicle which had been swaying under its heavy load. <br /><br />It fell on the Tempo, flattening it. Police had to employ earthmovers and cranes to extricate bodies from the crushed vehicle.<br /><br />Superintendent of Police Ravikumar, Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain, and other officers visited the site of the accident and monitored rescue operations. <br /><br />A post mortem of the dead was conducted at Kalghatagi government hospital, before the bodies were handed over to the next of kin.<br /><br />The accident affected traffic on the road for over three hours. According to police, the truck had been carrying eucalyptus logs to the West-Coast Paper Mill at Dandeli.<br /></p>
