Ten killed in road mishap in Chitradurga in Karnataka

Ten persons died on the spot and fifteen others were injured when the bus they were travelling in collided with a parked vehicle near Challakere in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the early hours of yesterday.

Police said the ill-fated bus, which was proceeding to Gulbarga from Bangalore, was overturned due to the impact of its collision with a vehicle parked by the roadside around 2 am on Saturday.

Out of the injured persons, the condition of two of them, who had sufferred head injuries is critical. They have been admitted to Nimhans Hospital in Bangalore for treatment. The rest of them are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Challakere and Chitradurga, police said.

A majority of the accident victims are natives of Gulbarga, police added. According to the injured persons undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chitradurga, the bus belonging to state-owned Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) left Bangalore around 9 pm on Friday.

Soon after the bus left Bangalore, a dispute arose between the driver and conductor of the bus. Arguments and counter-arguments between the driver and the conductor of the bus had been continuing throughout the journey, which was aborted due to the accident.