Shivamogga, Apr 30: Five members of a family were killed and an eight-year-old girl was seriously injured in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on National Highway 206 near Chikkadanavandi village in Shivamogga taluk on Tuesday.
The police have named the deceased as Manjunath, 30, a software engineer from Shivamogga who was driving the car; Neelakantappa, 42, assistant executive engineer with Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) in Birur, who is Manjunath’s brother-in-law; his sister Usha, 30, a lecturer; ; his mother Mangalamma, 50, and Nandish, 10, Neelakantappa’s son.
Mr. Neelakantappa’s daughter is the injured person. The police said the family was travelling to Kumsi to attend a ceremony. The driver of the truck is absconding.
Vehicular movement on the highway was disrupted for sometime owing to the accident.
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