Fourteen people were crushed to death and six sustained serious injuries when the jeep in which they were travelling collided with a speeding lorry on the Jewargi-Bijapur national highway near Sonna village in Jewargi taluk on Friday night.
According to information received at the district headquarters, the overcrowded jeep was coming towards Jewargi from Sindagi in Bijapur district and the lorry was going towards Sindagi. Reports said that the police had removed seven bodies from the mangled remains of the jeep.
Heavy rain was hampering efforts to remove the remaining bodies from inside the jeep.
Twelve of the victims were identified as Yellappa Sharanappa (40), Savitri Yellappa (35), Shankarappa S. Sapadala (50), Yemanappa C. (30), Nagappa Huliappa Chenagundi (45), Fakrappa Huliappa Chenagundi (50), Aiyamma B. Mudanur (55), Avvamma S. Mudanur (35), Chanappa Pujari (50), Siddappa Pujari (30), Lakshmibai Doddayellappa Gogi (50), and Shankarappa Chennagundi (35).
According to the police, the victims were returning from Yeragal village near Sindagi after attending a funeral when the accident occurred. Reports said that all the victims were form Haranur village in Jewargi taluk.
The six injured persons, whose condition was said to be critical, were rushed to the Government General Hospital in Gulbarga city.
Keywords: Road accident, Gulbarga
Condolences to deceased family members, real tragic incident people coming after performing funeral of relative and most of them dead.
After the death, all politicians coming to their last rites, can't they enforce rules in number of people travel in jeep?.
Hardly any one follows the rules while driving, lane discipline is not at all there. Not sure most of the these drivers have their driving license or not.
We know THE HINDU participated in nation building big way and we want it is 'THE GUARDIAN' of India.
Requesting 'THE HINDU' please have dedicated campaign for safe driving in your paper, having columns every day.
May be all journalist fraternity come together in this country and create awareness about it.
Every one know it is the job of government enforce the driving and transport rules and person who is driving the vehicle to ride it safely, but unfortunately no progress is made and many innocent lives of going every day.
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