JOIN US8 killed in bus-lorry collision in Hubballi
Eight persons were killed and 27 were injured in a head-on collision between a private bus and a lorry near Revadihal bridge on the Hubballi-Dharwad bypass road on the outskirts of Hubballi in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The accident comes just days after nine persons were killed in an accident on Nigadi Road near Dharwad.
A National Travels bus travelling from Ichalakaranji in Maharashtra to Bengaluru collided with a lorry coming from the opposite direction, while overtaking a tractor. The lorry fell on the trailer of the tractor following the collision.
Six persons were killed on the spot, while two breathed their last at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital later. Rash and negligent driving by the bus driver is said to be the reason for the accident.
The deceased are bus drivers Nagaraj Achar (56) of Byadarahalli in Bengaluru, Ataulla Khan (40) of Nagamangala in Mandya district, student Mohammad Dayan Baig (17) of Mysuru, Babasaheb Chougale (59) of Ichalakaranji, S Ghouse Basha (50) of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Akif (40) and Afaq (40) of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, and lorry driver Akshay Pikale (28) of Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
Among the injured passengers, 18 are from Maharashtra, five from Nepal, three from Karnataka, and one is from Tamil Nadu. However, four persons in the tractor escaped unhurt.
Eight persons were killed and 27 were injured in a head-on collision between a private bus and a lorry near Revadihal bridge on the Hubballi-Dharwad bypass road on the outskirts of Hubballi in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The accident comes just days after nine persons were killed in an accident on Nigadi Road near Dharwad.
A National Travels bus travelling from Ichalakaranji in Maharashtra to Bengaluru collided with a lorry coming from the opposite direction, while overtaking a tractor. The lorry fell on the trailer of the tractor following the collision.
Six persons were killed on the spot, while two breathed their last at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital later. Rash and negligent driving by the bus driver is said to be the reason for the accident.
The deceased are bus drivers Nagaraj Achar (56) of Byadarahalli in Bengaluru, Ataulla Khan (40) of Nagamangala in Mandya district, student Mohammad Dayan Baig (17) of Mysuru, Babasaheb Chougale (59) of Ichalakaranji, S Ghouse Basha (50) of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Akif (40) and Afaq (40) of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, and lorry driver Akshay Pikale (28) of Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
Among the injured passengers, 18 are from Maharashtra, five from Nepal, three from Karnataka, and one is from Tamil Nadu. However, four persons in the tractor escaped unhurt.
Against medical advice
Five persons were being treated at the casualty and trauma wards, while the remaining left for Kolhapur and other places against medical advice, said KIMS director Ramalingappa Antaratani.
Hanamantappa Hanamasani of Mavanur village, a labourer travelling in the tractor, told police that the bus was at high speed and hit the lorry while overtaking the tractor.
The lorry turned turtle and fell on the trailer of the tractor, he said.
Pratiksha Navale from Kolhapur, who was being treated at the KIMS, said she was asleep when the accident took place.
Police had to break the window glasses of the bus to rescue the stranded passengers, she recalled.
Five persons were being treated at the casualty and trauma wards, while the remaining left for Kolhapur and other places against medical advice, said KIMS director Ramalingappa Antaratani.
Hanamantappa Hanamasani of Mavanur village, a labourer travelling in the tractor, told police that the bus was at high speed and hit the lorry while overtaking the tractor.
The lorry turned turtle and fell on the trailer of the tractor, he said.
Pratiksha Navale from Kolhapur, who was being treated at the KIMS, said she was asleep when the accident took place.
Police had to break the window glasses of the bus to rescue the stranded passengers, she recalled.