Horrible accident between lorry and autos, seven dead!

Seven passengers, including five women, died in a horrific accident between two cars and a lorry near Vaddarahalli Bridge in Hospet taluk of Vijayanagara district.

Eight people, including two children, were injured in the incident and admitted to Wims Hospital. The accident took place when 19 people were going towards Tungabhadra Dam in two autos from Bellary.

It has been learned that all the deceased are residents of Kaul Bazar in Bellary. Two of the deceased have been identified as Umesh and the auto driver Shyama. The names of the rest are yet to be known.

The accident took place when he was on his way from Bellary to see the Tungabhadra Dam, when two autos and a lorry collided. Hospet rural station police visited the premises and conducted an investigation.