Four persons were killed and six were injured in four separate accidents since Saturday.
A construction worker was killed and two of his co-workers were injured when the tractor by which they were travelling overturned on Kembattahalli Main Road in Kumaraswamy Layout on Sunday.
The deceased, Mohammed Bittu (20), and his co-workers were construction labourers at a site in Jambu Savari Dinne, and were living in a shed on the site. They had gone to buy provisions and hopped on to a tractor heading toward the site. En-route, the vehicle overturned due to which Bittu fell off the tractor and came its wheels. The other two workers, Hyder Ali and Ashraf, sustained injuries and were rushed to hospital.
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In another accident, an IT professional was killed in a collision between his two-wheeler and a private bus on Hosur Road near Silk Board junction in Madiwala on Saturday. The deceased, Ajeesh, a resident of Thyagarajanagar, was employed in a software company in Marathahalli. At around 10.30 p.m., he was returning home from work and stopped at the junction. When the signal turned green, he moved ahead. A private bus coming from the opposite direction jumped signal and collided with his vehicle. Ajeesh died on the spot.
In the third accident, a pedestrian identified Anjeneya (24) was knocked down by a mini goods vehicle when he was crossing the Chikkabidarakallu Main Road on Saturday night. Anjeneya, a resident of Vinayak Nagar was working as a security guard. Police arrested the vehicle driver and booked him for causing death due to negligence.
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In another accident on the State Highway between Bangalore and Gowribidanur, one person was killed and four others injured when a car collided with a BMTC bus on Sunday. The deceased, Prabhakar (45), was a pastor and was in the car with his wife, teenaged son and two other friends, all from Bengaluru. While Prabhakar was killed, the remaining four were injured.