Bhatkal road mishap toll goes up to 6

Bhatkal, April 29: With two more deaths on Saturday, the toll in the Bhatkal accident case has gone up to six.

On Friday night, four persons were killed on the spot, including a child, when a bus rammed into a tempo trax at Bhatkal cross, some 15 kms from here, on Friday night.

The deceased have been identified as Rangappa (34), Jayamma (40), Sakamma (25), Siddesh (11), Anitha (28) and Mahesh (32) driver of the trax.

All deceased were passengers of the trax and were on their way to Dharmasthala from Belalagiri village of Davangere.

Police said they still do not have the exact number of people who have been injured in the accident, saying that they had got a count of 18. The trax had 22 passengers.

Passengers in the bus also got injured as the bus fell into a ditch after the accident. Police said negligent driving by the bus driver and the wet conditions, due to heavy downpour, caused the accident.

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