Three persons from Mysuru were killed and two injured in an accident at Hosa Budanur on the Bengaluru–Mysuru highway on Thursday.
The dead have been identified as S. Raghunandan Jetti (55) of Ramanuja Road in Mysuru; his relative Sumithra Padmanabha Jetti (53) of Netaji Nagar, and car driver N. Prakash (23) of Kethanahalli, near T. Narsipur in Mysuru district. Mr. Jetti’s wife, Mythili Jetti (45), was severely injured and was taken to a private hospital in Mysuru.
Mr. Jetti, a Food Quality Controller at Mysuru Zilla Panchayat, and his family members were going to Bengaluru when their rented car was hit by another car coming in the opposite direction, the Mandya Rural police said.
The car coming from Bengaluru hit the divider when one of its tyres burst, crossed the lane and collided with Mr. Jetti’s car, T.J. Udesha, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mandya subdivision), told The Hindu.
The accident occurred when the car coming from Bengaluru had a tyre-burst
