Mysuru Rd accident: Police on the hunt for truck driver

Bengaluru: Police have launched a manhunt for the driver of the tipper truck that fell on two cars and a bike and killed six people on Mysuru Road, near Kumbalagodu, on Monday evening.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver’s attempt to overtake the cars ahead of him was the main reason for the accident. The truck driver took an extreme right turn, which led to the right-side wheels hitting the median.He lost control of the gravel-laden vehicle and it fell to its left on two cars and a motorcycle. The gravel too came down in a torrent on them.
Police said the truck belongs to a businessman in Bidadi and the driver has been identified based on the information provided by the vehicle owner.
Four victims from one family
Four of the dead — Veenamma, 44, Keerti Kumar, 40, Indra Kumar, 14, and Nikhitha Rani aka Neetu, 29, — were in one vehicle and belonged to one family. At the time of accident, they were returning home after visiting Muthathi. There were two more persons in that car and they sustained injuries. The two — Rani’s husband Gajendra, 36, and son Siddarth, 9 — are out of danger.
TJ Shivaprakash, 42, the lone occupant of the other car, also died on the spot. He was manager at an automobile firm and was returning to his Ittamadu home in south Bengaluru when the accident occurred.
The biker, Jatin B George, 40, an engineer with a private firm, was returning to his Kengeri residence.
Police handed over the bodies to their family members after autopsy at Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital.