SI among four of family killed in road accident

January 25, 2021 12:51 am | Updated 12:51 am IST - Belagavi

Four persons, including a woman police sub-inspector, died in a road accident in Belagavi district on Sunday, as a car rammed a NWKRTC bus near Chichadi Cross near Saundatti.

The police gave the names of the dead as Lakshmi Hanamantrao Nalawade, a police sub-inspector from Belagavi, Prasad Vasudev Pawar, Ankita Prasad Pawar and Deepa Anil Shahapurkar. They are all members of a family from Belagavi.

The bus was going from Vasco to Ilkal. The car was going from Belagavi to Bagalkot for a family function, the police said.

The car was badly damaged and the police had to use a crane to dismantle it and retrieve the bodies.

Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi visited the spot.

A case has been registered in the Murgod Police Station.

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