<p>Holi turned tragic for families of four persons who were killed on the spot after the motorbike they were riding collided head-on with a mini truck coming from the opposite direction near Kamalnagar town in Aurad taluk in the district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, the victims hail from the neighbouring Udgir town in Maharashtra. They have been identified as Madhav Vardale (18) and Umesh Patil (22) of Hanuman Nagar; Digambar Ghatode (30) of Bidar Gate area, and Santosh Gaikwad (30) from Datta Nagar. <br />The four were heading towards Marur village in Bhalki taluk to celebrate Holi with their friends. While negotiating a sharp curve at Kamalnagar, their motorcycle hit the mini truck, sources said.<br /><br />The scene of the accident was horrific as three of the four victims came under the front wheels of the mini truck, while one of the pillion riders was thrown a few metres away from the vehicle due to the impact of the collision. <br /><br />Traffic hit<br /><br />Traffic movement was hit as vehicles remained stranded for hours on both directions on the busy stretch of the inter-state highway. Later, senior police personnel attached to Kamalnagar police station, Circle Inspector M S Mulla, Inspector Dilip Sagar and ASI Basavaraj Srigeri rushed to the spot and made arrangements to shift the bodies to the Primary Health Centre at Kamalnagar, and cleared the road.<br /><br />It is the first road mishap of this scale in 2015. Several such incidents have been reported from the accident spot about one km from Kamalnagar in the past. <br /></p>
<p>Holi turned tragic for families of four persons who were killed on the spot after the motorbike they were riding collided head-on with a mini truck coming from the opposite direction near Kamalnagar town in Aurad taluk in the district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, the victims hail from the neighbouring Udgir town in Maharashtra. They have been identified as Madhav Vardale (18) and Umesh Patil (22) of Hanuman Nagar; Digambar Ghatode (30) of Bidar Gate area, and Santosh Gaikwad (30) from Datta Nagar. <br />The four were heading towards Marur village in Bhalki taluk to celebrate Holi with their friends. While negotiating a sharp curve at Kamalnagar, their motorcycle hit the mini truck, sources said.<br /><br />The scene of the accident was horrific as three of the four victims came under the front wheels of the mini truck, while one of the pillion riders was thrown a few metres away from the vehicle due to the impact of the collision. <br /><br />Traffic hit<br /><br />Traffic movement was hit as vehicles remained stranded for hours on both directions on the busy stretch of the inter-state highway. Later, senior police personnel attached to Kamalnagar police station, Circle Inspector M S Mulla, Inspector Dilip Sagar and ASI Basavaraj Srigeri rushed to the spot and made arrangements to shift the bodies to the Primary Health Centre at Kamalnagar, and cleared the road.<br /><br />It is the first road mishap of this scale in 2015. Several such incidents have been reported from the accident spot about one km from Kamalnagar in the past. <br /></p>
