<p>Bengaluru: A serial crash between a canter truck and a tempo on Tumakuru Road (National Highway 48) left three people dead and five others injured on Sunday evening, police officials said. </p>.<p>The crash occurred around 4.50 pm, when a speeding Maharashtra-registered Eicher canter truck, moving towards Bengaluru, collided with a tempo truck at a T-junction near Kuluvanahalli, Nelamangala taluk, on the city's northwestern outskirts. The tempo was ferrying construction workers, while the truck was loaded with steel. </p>.<p>The Nelamangala traffic police said that the tempo, which had a small cement mixing machine inside it, went hurtling to the median, where a pedestrian named Shivanna Betta Somappa (50) was waiting to cross the road. A resident of Talenahalli, Dobbspet, Somappa died on the spot. </p>.2 pilots injured as trainer aircraft crashes in MP's Guna.<p>Two masons — Husainappa Asif (32) and Narasappa Beerappa (35) — were thrown out of the tempo and came under the wheels of the canter truck.</p>.<p>Bangarappa (35), Sabanna (46) and Kattappa (22) — the other three people inside the tempo — sustained injuries and were taken to Care Asia Hospital, Nelamangala. They were all from Gurmitkal in Yadgir, and were living in a shed near Shivagange. </p>.<p>Additionally, two people inside the canter truck, one of whom was the driver, were also injured and were taken to Manasvi Hospital, Nelamangala. </p>.<p>The Nelamangala traffic police noted that the tempo driver fled from the spot. </p>.<p><strong>What the fault analysis shows</strong></p>.<p>CK Baba, Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural, said the police had conducted a fault analysis at the spot, deducing that it was the truck driver's fault for speeding and the tempo driver's fault for failing to observe oncoming traffic while taking a turn onto the highway. </p>.<p>He noted that corrective measures for free left turns at the T-junction will be taken, including installing advanced warning signs, rumble strips, pedestrian crossings and improved road markings. </p>.<p>The serial crash paralysed traffic on NH48 through the evening, as traffic police worked to clear the debris and coordinate efforts to safely transport those injured to nearby hospitals. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: A serial crash between a canter truck and a tempo on Tumakuru Road (National Highway 48) left three people dead and five others injured on Sunday evening, police officials said. </p>.<p>The crash occurred around 4.50 pm, when a speeding Maharashtra-registered Eicher canter truck, moving towards Bengaluru, collided with a tempo truck at a T-junction near Kuluvanahalli, Nelamangala taluk, on the city's northwestern outskirts. The tempo was ferrying construction workers, while the truck was loaded with steel. </p>.<p>The Nelamangala traffic police said that the tempo, which had a small cement mixing machine inside it, went hurtling to the median, where a pedestrian named Shivanna Betta Somappa (50) was waiting to cross the road. A resident of Talenahalli, Dobbspet, Somappa died on the spot. </p>.2 pilots injured as trainer aircraft crashes in MP's Guna.<p>Two masons — Husainappa Asif (32) and Narasappa Beerappa (35) — were thrown out of the tempo and came under the wheels of the canter truck.</p>.<p>Bangarappa (35), Sabanna (46) and Kattappa (22) — the other three people inside the tempo — sustained injuries and were taken to Care Asia Hospital, Nelamangala. They were all from Gurmitkal in Yadgir, and were living in a shed near Shivagange. </p>.<p>Additionally, two people inside the canter truck, one of whom was the driver, were also injured and were taken to Manasvi Hospital, Nelamangala. </p>.<p>The Nelamangala traffic police noted that the tempo driver fled from the spot. </p>.<p><strong>What the fault analysis shows</strong></p>.<p>CK Baba, Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural, said the police had conducted a fault analysis at the spot, deducing that it was the truck driver's fault for speeding and the tempo driver's fault for failing to observe oncoming traffic while taking a turn onto the highway. </p>.<p>He noted that corrective measures for free left turns at the T-junction will be taken, including installing advanced warning signs, rumble strips, pedestrian crossings and improved road markings. </p>.<p>The serial crash paralysed traffic on NH48 through the evening, as traffic police worked to clear the debris and coordinate efforts to safely transport those injured to nearby hospitals. </p>