<p>Three persons were killed on the spot and 15 others injured when a private bus collided with a stationary lorry on National Highway 4 near Motebennura in Byadagi taluk of Haveri district on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The impact was such that front portion of the Pune-Bangalore sleeper coach bus has completely mangled.<br /><br />The dead have been identified as Mubarak Issaqsaaba Tahsildar, 23, of MK Hubli (Belgaum district), Mir Hussain Aliraj Rajan, 38, of Hassan and Sachin Suresh Muttigekara of Maharashtra.<br /><br />Sangeetha Praveen Omprakash, 23, of Kolar Gold Fields, Atul Pure, 30, and A Shakiraj, 30, of Pune, Daniel Frank, 54, and Omprakash Shigaonkar, 31, of Maharashtra and Swathi, 31, of Tamil Nadu, are among the injured. They have been shifted to the district hospital in Haveri.<br /><br />The bus driver has lost his two limbs. About 30 persons were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident. <br /><br />Deputy Superintendent of Police Patil and Byadagi Circle Inspector of Police M H Chikkareddy visited the spot.<br /></p>
<p>Three persons were killed on the spot and 15 others injured when a private bus collided with a stationary lorry on National Highway 4 near Motebennura in Byadagi taluk of Haveri district on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The impact was such that front portion of the Pune-Bangalore sleeper coach bus has completely mangled.<br /><br />The dead have been identified as Mubarak Issaqsaaba Tahsildar, 23, of MK Hubli (Belgaum district), Mir Hussain Aliraj Rajan, 38, of Hassan and Sachin Suresh Muttigekara of Maharashtra.<br /><br />Sangeetha Praveen Omprakash, 23, of Kolar Gold Fields, Atul Pure, 30, and A Shakiraj, 30, of Pune, Daniel Frank, 54, and Omprakash Shigaonkar, 31, of Maharashtra and Swathi, 31, of Tamil Nadu, are among the injured. They have been shifted to the district hospital in Haveri.<br /><br />The bus driver has lost his two limbs. About 30 persons were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident. <br /><br />Deputy Superintendent of Police Patil and Byadagi Circle Inspector of Police M H Chikkareddy visited the spot.<br /></p>
