13 killed in ghastly road mishap

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, APRIL 21. Thirteen persons, including a woman and her two children, were killed and 10 injured, five of them seriously, when a Tempo van in which they were travelling collided with a lorry in Ranebennur Rural Police Station limits in Haveri District on Saturday afternoon.

According to police, the accident took place near the Mico Seeds unit, off Chalageri village, on Kumarapattana-Harihara Road around noon.

The driver of the lorry, which was proceeding to Harihar, lost control over the vehicle after its front tyre burst. It then collided with the van, which was totally mangled. The front portion of the lorry was damaged, police said.

The van was carrying passengers from Makanur and other villages surrounding Harihar to Ranebennur. There were 25 of them in it when the accident took place.

While 10 persons were killed on the spot, three succumbed to injuries at the Government Chigateri Hospital in Davangere in the evening.

In all, eight men, three women and two children were killed in the mishap. Five seriously injured persons, who have been admitted to Chigateri Hospital, are battling for life. However, five others admitted to the Government hospital at Ranebennur are out of danger, according to police.

Among those killed were Jareena Khanum Kandari (24) of Ranebennur and her 18-month-old daughter, Arisha Kanum. Though it is said that Jareena's seven-year-old son was also killed in the mishap, no confirmation was available on this count. But the identity of one of the children killed in the mishap is yet to be established.

Others who were killed in the accident have been identified as Jagadesh Channappa Theggina (22), driver of the van and resident of Chalageri, N.G.Shivaputrappa (30) of Holesiragur, Bojappa Ningappa Poojary (50) of Makanur, Laiq Ali Khan Guranni (34), Nitish Hosmani (7), Earamma Poojar (60), Ramappa Haladikatti (65), all residents of Harihar, Hanumanthappa Ramappa Angadi (40) from Benakanakonda and Nagappa Kenchappa Ammanavar (50) from Kamadod. The identity of two others is not known.

According to police, those injured were Akkamma (40) of Karjagi, Gadigamma Poojar (40) of Tumminkatti, Mujahid Shareif (30) of Ayanur in Shimoga District, Yogesh Channappa (27) of Hosagovinakoppa in Shikaripur taluk, Brahmanand Neelappa (30) of Hulikatti, Krishna Talwar (30) of Chalageri, Basavaraj Banakar (30) of Hirekerur, and Gowru Sab (27) of Davangere.

Soon after the mishap, the Haveri District Superintendent of Police, Mr. M. F. Pasha, and the Ranebennur Circle Police Inspector, Mr. M. S. Jadhav, rushed to the spot and supervised the rescue operation.

Police said the relatives of the dead as well as the injured passengers had been informed about the tragedy. The Ranebennur Rural Police have registered a case.

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