<p>Seven youths, including three women and the son of a Tamil Nadu MLA, were killed in a car crash in Koramangala area in the wee hours of Tuesday.</p>.<p>According to police, the overspeeding Audi Q3 lost balance, rammed into a pavement and crashed into a bank building near Mangala convention hall on the 80-feet road near Koramangala Police Station. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/karunaa-sagar-automobile-enthusiast-foreign-educated-entrepreneur-killed-in-accident-1025646.html" target="_blank">Karunaa Sagar</a> (28), son of DMK MLA Y Prakash from Hosur, was behind the wheel. The other victims are: Bindu C (25), a relative of Sagar and an employee with a private firm; Dhanusha M (29), a dentist; Akshay Goel (25), a sales associate at a car showroom; Rohit Ladwa (23), business development executive at Byju’s; Ishita Biswas (21), working at an MNC; and Utsav Kumar (25), an accountant.</p>.<p>B R Ravikanthe Gowda, joint commissioner of police (Traffic), said the incident happened only because of the violation of all traffic rules.</p>.<p>“Six persons died at the spot while one died on the way to the hospital. None of them was wearing seat belts, and airbags failed to open up,” he said.</p>.<p>The police said the group was driving around the city in the SUV with a fancy registration number (KA-03 MY-6666). Though it was registered in the name of ‘Sanjeevini Blue Metal’ as per RTO records, police revealed that the firm was owned by the MLA’s relatives.</p>.<p>“The incident may have happened between 1.45 am and 2 am. Karunaa Sagar may have lost control and rammed the vehicle into the newly built TenderSURE pavement, bulldozing the iron bollards and crashing into the building wall,” police said. </p>.<p>The intensity of the crash was such that the iron bollards were uprooted and a small Ganesha temple built adjacent to the wall was completely damaged. The youngsters were heading towards the Forum mall from the National Games Village junction.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Seven youths, including three women and the son of a Tamil Nadu MLA, were killed in a car crash in Koramangala area in the wee hours of Tuesday.</p>.<p>According to police, the overspeeding Audi Q3 lost balance, rammed into a pavement and crashed into a bank building near Mangala convention hall on the 80-feet road near Koramangala Police Station. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/karunaa-sagar-automobile-enthusiast-foreign-educated-entrepreneur-killed-in-accident-1025646.html" target="_blank">Karunaa Sagar</a> (28), son of DMK MLA Y Prakash from Hosur, was behind the wheel. The other victims are: Bindu C (25), a relative of Sagar and an employee with a private firm; Dhanusha M (29), a dentist; Akshay Goel (25), a sales associate at a car showroom; Rohit Ladwa (23), business development executive at Byju’s; Ishita Biswas (21), working at an MNC; and Utsav Kumar (25), an accountant.</p>.<p>B R Ravikanthe Gowda, joint commissioner of police (Traffic), said the incident happened only because of the violation of all traffic rules.</p>.<p>“Six persons died at the spot while one died on the way to the hospital. None of them was wearing seat belts, and airbags failed to open up,” he said.</p>.<p>The police said the group was driving around the city in the SUV with a fancy registration number (KA-03 MY-6666). Though it was registered in the name of ‘Sanjeevini Blue Metal’ as per RTO records, police revealed that the firm was owned by the MLA’s relatives.</p>.<p>“The incident may have happened between 1.45 am and 2 am. Karunaa Sagar may have lost control and rammed the vehicle into the newly built TenderSURE pavement, bulldozing the iron bollards and crashing into the building wall,” police said. </p>.<p>The intensity of the crash was such that the iron bollards were uprooted and a small Ganesha temple built adjacent to the wall was completely damaged. The youngsters were heading towards the Forum mall from the National Games Village junction.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>