Two killed as car rams median in Chitradurga

Davanagere: Two persons were killed when their car hit a median near Hiriyur town of Chitradurga district in the early hours of Tuesday.
The deceased are Andanappa, 45, an agriculturist from Malavi village in HB Halli taluk of Ballari district, and the car driver Imam Basha, 30, a resident of Itagi village in Huvina Hadagali taluk in the district.
Andanappa’s daughter and son-in-law had hired Basha’s car on Monday evening to travel from Uttangi village to Bengaluru.The accident happened when Andanappa was returning to the village after dropping the couple in Bengaluru.
Reckless driving by Basha ended up in the car hitting the median on NH-4 in front of Industrial Area of Hiriyur town at 4.30am on Tuesday. Due to the impact, the car toppled, killing the two on the spot, police said.
Hiriyur town police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to Hiriyur Government Hospital. The bodies were handed over to their relatives after the postmortem. A case has been booked, and further investigation is on, police added.