<p align="justify" class="title">A 59-year-old man died after his car crashed into the compound wall of a house in North Bengaluru on Wednesday night.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The accident occurred at a T-junction in Rajajinagar 5th Block around 9.20 pm, police said. </p>.<div align="justify">Krishna Prasad, of Nandini Layout, drove his Maruti Alto on a downward slope instead of taking a left or right turn. The automobile ended up crashing into the compound wall. He died instantly from grievous head and chest injuries, police added. "He was not wearing the seat-belt," said a senior police officer.</div>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Passersby called the police and rushed Prasad to a nearby hospital but it was too late. He was declared brought dead. His body was handed over to the family on Thursday after the post-mortem was conducted at Victoria Hospital. Police are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death. Prasad is unlikely to have been under the influence of alcohol as his family said he was a teetotaller.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Prasad was an accounts officer at the Central Warehouse Corporation. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In another accident, 40-year-old labourer Sunil Kumar was killed after a private bus knocked him down at Madanayakanahalli on the northern outskirts of the city on Wednesday night.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Kumar was walking on a dark stretch when a bus heading towards Tumakuru knocked him down. He sustained grievous injuries and died of excessive bleeding, police said.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">A 59-year-old man died after his car crashed into the compound wall of a house in North Bengaluru on Wednesday night.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The accident occurred at a T-junction in Rajajinagar 5th Block around 9.20 pm, police said. </p>.<div align="justify">Krishna Prasad, of Nandini Layout, drove his Maruti Alto on a downward slope instead of taking a left or right turn. The automobile ended up crashing into the compound wall. He died instantly from grievous head and chest injuries, police added. "He was not wearing the seat-belt," said a senior police officer.</div>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Passersby called the police and rushed Prasad to a nearby hospital but it was too late. He was declared brought dead. His body was handed over to the family on Thursday after the post-mortem was conducted at Victoria Hospital. Police are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death. Prasad is unlikely to have been under the influence of alcohol as his family said he was a teetotaller.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Prasad was an accounts officer at the Central Warehouse Corporation. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">In another accident, 40-year-old labourer Sunil Kumar was killed after a private bus knocked him down at Madanayakanahalli on the northern outskirts of the city on Wednesday night.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Kumar was walking on a dark stretch when a bus heading towards Tumakuru knocked him down. He sustained grievous injuries and died of excessive bleeding, police said.</p>