Sixteen killed in two road mishaps in Karnataka

A total of sixteen persons were killed in two separate road accidents taking place in Karnataka yesterday.

As many as fourteen persons, including five women and five children, were killed when the Tata Sumo vehicle they were travelling in collided with a private bus near Ukkada Gatri in Chitradurga district yesterday.

Police said the deceased belonged to two families from Kumaraswamy layout in Bangalore. They were proceeding on a pilgrimage to Ukkada Gatri when the mishap occurred. While the driver of the ill-fated Tata Sumo was also killed, the driver of the private bus is absconding.

Meanwhile, two others were killed in a different road accident at Bankapura in Haveri district when the maxi cab in which they were travelling collided with a tanker yesterday. Twenty one persons in the maxi-cab also sufferred injuries in the mishap. They have been admitted to a hospital in Haveri.