Five dead, two injured as truck hits cars on Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway

BENGALURU: Five persons were killed and two suffered injuries when a container truck rammed two cars before ploughing into a roadside tea stall on Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway on Thursday morning. One of the victims was a customer at the shop.
The truck, heading towards Hyderabad, first hit a car that was taking a turn on the highway near Chadalapura village at 9.45pm. The impact was such that the damaged car hit a parked car and within seconds, all the three vehicles crashed into the tea stall.While two persons died on the spot, three succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
The deceased are advocate Yamunachari, 44, TAPCMS (Taluk Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society) attender GV Venkatesh, 45, both residents of Gaviganahalli in Chikkaballapur taluk; occupants of one car, RTO agent Kalanjiyam, 47, of OMBR Layout in Bengaluru’s Banasawadi and insurance verification agent Nitesh Gowda, 25, of Lingarajapura in Doddaballapur taluk. The fifth victim, Rangappa, 55, a mason and resident of Srinivaspur, was drinking tea when the accident occurred.