According to the police, the tragedy took place in a head-on collision between a bus attached to the Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and a Qualis car. All the deceased were travelling in the car.
While the passengers in the car were travelling to Bengaluru from the Male Mahadeshwara Hill, a pilgrimage site, the bus was moving towards Malavalli from Bengaluru. The car was totally mangled in the accident in which a few passengers in the bus also suffered injuries.
The injured have been shifted to the Ramanagara district hospital. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.
More details are awaited.
–IANS
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