Car suffers tyre burst, hits lorry; 6 dead in Karnataka's Koppal

KUSHTAGI (KOPPAL DISTRICT): Six people, including two children, from Vijayapura travelling to Bengaluru died instantly when their car suffered a tyre burst, jumped median and collided head-on with a Gujarat-bound truck on National Highway in Koppal district's Kushtagi taluk on Sunday evening.
The deceased are said to be from Nadral village in Indi taluk of Vijayapura. According to police, the deceased have been identified as Raghavendra Subhas Kamble, 28; Jayashree, 25; Khajappa Ashok Banasode, 36; Akshaya Ganapathi Shivasharan, 22; Rocky, 4, and Rashmika, 2.
In the impact of the accident occurred near Kalakeri, the car went under the lorry, forcing cops to call a crane to pull the victims out. CM Siddaramaiah, who expressed condolences, announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the family of the deceased.