<p class="title">In a ghastly road accident, two software engineers were killed on the spot when the car they were driving in, collided with a 10-wheeler truck in Kengeri on Wednesday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eyewitnesses told police, the car was over-speeding and trying to overtake other vehicles when it collided with the rear of the truck moving in the same direction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The driver of the truck told the police it was foggy during the time the accident occurred. </p>.<p>The deceased are Prashanth Gopalakrishna (27), a resident of K N Extension in Yeshwanthpura and Akshay Kumar B K (25), a resident of Kadabagere, the police said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prashanth worked as a senior software engineer in Altis Source Business Pvt Limited in Domlur and Akshay was a techie at First Source, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident occurred around 6 am on the NICE road stretch in Kengeri near a bridge where Vrishabhavathi river flows underneath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tata Indica car bearing registration number KA-05-ME-1798, coming from Tumakuru entered the NICE Road from Magadi toll booth and was heading towards Hosur side, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The impact of the accident was such that the entire frontage of the car was mangled, killing the techies instantly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prashanth, the driver and Akshay, both believed to be friends, sustained head injuries and had to be extricated with great difficulty from the mangled remains of the car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Both the victims were not wearing seat belts and there were no security features in the car such as airbags that could have saved their lives," said a senior police officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Their bodies were shifted to Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysore road after which the police informed their families.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kengeri traffic police have detained the truck driver, Mohammed Ali and seized the truck.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As the car was over-speeding and collided with the truck from the rear, the truck driver cannot be held responsible for the accident," a senior police officer said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kengeri traffic police have registered a case of accidental death due to negligence and are investigating further.</p>
<p class="title">In a ghastly road accident, two software engineers were killed on the spot when the car they were driving in, collided with a 10-wheeler truck in Kengeri on Wednesday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eyewitnesses told police, the car was over-speeding and trying to overtake other vehicles when it collided with the rear of the truck moving in the same direction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The driver of the truck told the police it was foggy during the time the accident occurred. </p>.<p>The deceased are Prashanth Gopalakrishna (27), a resident of K N Extension in Yeshwanthpura and Akshay Kumar B K (25), a resident of Kadabagere, the police said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prashanth worked as a senior software engineer in Altis Source Business Pvt Limited in Domlur and Akshay was a techie at First Source, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident occurred around 6 am on the NICE road stretch in Kengeri near a bridge where Vrishabhavathi river flows underneath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Tata Indica car bearing registration number KA-05-ME-1798, coming from Tumakuru entered the NICE Road from Magadi toll booth and was heading towards Hosur side, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The impact of the accident was such that the entire frontage of the car was mangled, killing the techies instantly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prashanth, the driver and Akshay, both believed to be friends, sustained head injuries and had to be extricated with great difficulty from the mangled remains of the car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Both the victims were not wearing seat belts and there were no security features in the car such as airbags that could have saved their lives," said a senior police officer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Their bodies were shifted to Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysore road after which the police informed their families.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kengeri traffic police have detained the truck driver, Mohammed Ali and seized the truck.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As the car was over-speeding and collided with the truck from the rear, the truck driver cannot be held responsible for the accident," a senior police officer said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kengeri traffic police have registered a case of accidental death due to negligence and are investigating further.</p>