13 people including Nine women and Two Doctors die in road mishap
Bengaluru,15 January(HS): About Thirteen people, including Eleven women of whom two were doctors were killed on the spot this morning in a fatal road accident near Ittigatti village on the outskirts of Dharwad district headquarters. Nine others hurt in the tragic incident have been rushed to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences(KIMS) in Hubballi.
All the victims belonging to a Women’s Club of the commercial Davanagere district were on their way to Goa for partying when the tragedy struck them. Both drivers of Tempo Traveller and a Tipper Lorry vehicle which met head-on collision have also succumbed.
The grave mishap has occurred near the bypass road connecting to Goa. The deceased have been identified as Praveen, Asha, Meerabai, Paranjyoti, Rajeshwari, Shakuntala, Usha, Veda, Veena, Manjula, Nirmala, Rajaneeshi, Preeti, and Swathi.
14 classmates of Davanagere and residents of MCC A and MCC B block had planned for a kitty party at Goa and had left Davanagere Yesterday midnight. The dead include a mother and daughter, daughter in law of Gurusiddanagouda, former MLA.
