Representative image of accident.
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Five persons including a boy died after a car hit a lorry on NH13 near Mallapura village in Karnataka in the wee hours of Sunday.
According to the police, Sanganabasavappa(36) his wife Rekha (29), daughter Agastya(7), relative Bheemashankar (26) and driver Madhusudhan(25) of Saalavadagi, Vijayapura district are the deceased persons. Sangabasavappa's other son Adarsha(3) and daughter Anvika(5) sustained injuries and they are undergoing treatment in district general hospital.
Sanganabasavappa, bank employee, was heading towards Chikkamagalur with his family members in a car. They had left Vijayapura on August 12 around 11:00 pm. The car driver lost balance and rammed into the lorry from behind. Four persons died on spot and the driver breathed his last in the hospital. SP Parashuram K visited the spot.