<p>A woman and her two children died, while her husband was injured after their car crashed into a truck and went up in flames on NICE Road in the early hours of Tuesday.<br><br>An officer investigating the accident told DH that 31-year-old Sindhu, along with her daughters, aged four and six, and her 35-year-old husband, Mahendran, were returning home from the IKEA store in Nagasandra as Monday was a holiday.<br><br>They were in a rented Tata Nexon and were on the way home in Ramamurthy Nagar, when the accident occurred at 2.50 am. “The car had no airbags,” the official said.<br><br>During the probe, police found that Mahendran had dozed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to crash through the median and enter the opposite lane, where it collided head-on with the truck and went up in a ball of flame. The truck also toppled on the impact.<br><br>The probe found that the six-year-old was flung out of the car, and Mahendran also managed to exit the vehicle. “The woman and the other child, who were in the front seat, were charred to death,” the official said.<br><br>Mahendran and the surviving child were moved to a Jayanagar hospital for treatment. While the child died at the hospital, Mahendran is under treatment at the BGS Hospital, the official added.<br><br>The Thalaghattapura traffic police have booked a case under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 304(a) (causing death by negligence).</p>
<p>A woman and her two children died, while her husband was injured after their car crashed into a truck and went up in flames on NICE Road in the early hours of Tuesday.<br><br>An officer investigating the accident told DH that 31-year-old Sindhu, along with her daughters, aged four and six, and her 35-year-old husband, Mahendran, were returning home from the IKEA store in Nagasandra as Monday was a holiday.<br><br>They were in a rented Tata Nexon and were on the way home in Ramamurthy Nagar, when the accident occurred at 2.50 am. “The car had no airbags,” the official said.<br><br>During the probe, police found that Mahendran had dozed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to crash through the median and enter the opposite lane, where it collided head-on with the truck and went up in a ball of flame. The truck also toppled on the impact.<br><br>The probe found that the six-year-old was flung out of the car, and Mahendran also managed to exit the vehicle. “The woman and the other child, who were in the front seat, were charred to death,” the official said.<br><br>Mahendran and the surviving child were moved to a Jayanagar hospital for treatment. While the child died at the hospital, Mahendran is under treatment at the BGS Hospital, the official added.<br><br>The Thalaghattapura traffic police have booked a case under IPC sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 304(a) (causing death by negligence).</p>