Three killed in expressway accident near Maddur

Mandya: Three persons, including a driver, were killed on the spot when their car collided with an oncoming SUV on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway at Gejjalagere village in Maddur taluk on Tuesday.
The deceased are Niranjan Kumar, 30, a cab driver and a resident of Mandya, Niraj Kumar, 59, a senior official of Uttara Pradesh government, and his wife Selvi Srivatsav, 52. Their son Sagar Srivatsav, was treated at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences before being shifted to a hospital in Bengaluru for advanced treatment.
Police said the incident occurred around 10.30am when the driver of the SUV, travelling from Mysuru to Bengaluru, lost control over the vehicle and hit divider. Later, the SUV flung on to the opposite side and hit the car travelling towards Mysuru. The bodies were shifted to MIMS for postmortem.
Police said the family members of the accident victims have been informed about the tragedy, and they would reach Mandya on Wednesday. Maddur traffic police have registered a case.