Five people were killed in two separate accidents in the taluk. Jovana, 20, Shivaranjan Medama, 26 and Devarath, 22, all from Soori village in Dhamteri district of Chhattisgarh died after a lorry with borewell drilling equipment, in which they were travelling, turned turtle on the Naganur-Lakkundi road in the taluk Tuesday morning.

The incident occurred when the lorry was returning after sinking a borewell near Naganur in the taluk.

The deceased were among the workers who were caught under the borewell pipes.

A case has been registered at the Nesargi police station. Five of the workers who have been injured have been admitted to a hospital in Belgaum for treatment.

Motorcyclists die

In the other incident, two men were killed on the spot when the bike in which they were travelling hit a stationary tipper at Kollanatti Cross on the Belgaum-Bagalkot road near Nesargi in the taluk Monday night.

The dead are Arjuna Danappa Naika, 30, a reisdent of Kollanatti in Belgaum taluk and Balappa Eshwarappa Mareppagola, 30, a resident of Hogarti village in the taluk.

A case has been registered with the Nesargi police station.