Two children among six killed in car-lorry collision in Karnataka's Koppal district

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressing grief over the accident has announced a solatium of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased

Six people, including two kids, died after a car they were travelling in crashed into a lorry head-on near Kalakeri on Chitradurga-Solapur Highway in the taluk on Sunday evening.

All six victims from Solapur in Maharashtra and Indi taluk, were travelling in a Tata Indica car to Bengaluru.

Deceased are: Raghavendra Kamble (28) and Jayashri Kamble (25) from Solapur, Khajappa Banasode (36) Akshay Shivasharan (22), Rakhee (4) and Rashmika (2), all natives of Indi taluk.

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According to police, the speeding car might have jumped the divider following a tyre burst and hit the Gujarat-bound lorry in the opposite lane. The impact of the crash has reduced the car into a heap of mangled metal. The police had a tough time in extracting the bodies from the wreck.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the family of the deceased.