Four persons died and seven others were injured after their vehicle hit an oil tanker at Ramalkatte, about 150 metres away from the Brahmarakotlu toll plaza, near B.C. Road Town on Friday.
According to the Bantwal Traffic police, 11 members of a family from Bhatkal were returning home after visiting Dharmasthala and Subrahmanya. The tanker was going towards Bengaluru.
The police said as the tanker moved a few metres ahead after paying the toll, the driver of the other vehicle reportedly moved to the right and hit the tanker.
Govind, 59, Padmavathi, 55, Nagaraj, 23, and Ganesh, 30, died on the spot.
The remaining seven injured persons were admitted to private hospitals in Mangaluru.
A case has been registered against the vehicle driver Rajesh, who escaped unhurt, the police added.
