9 individuals have been killed and almost 20 have been injured after a truck ploughed right into a Ganesh immersion procession in Karnataka’s Hassan district on Friday evening.
The incident occurred on the Hassan-Holenarasipura state freeway close to Mosale Hosahalli village. A Canter truck swerved to keep away from a two-wheeler, jumped throughout the highway divider and ploughed right into a Ganesh immersion procession passing on the opposite aspect of the highway.
5 individuals, recognized as college students of a neighborhood engineering school, have been killed on the spot, whereas 4 others have been reported useless at a neighborhood hospital. Whereas seven of the deceased have been from Hassan district, one was from Ballari, and one other from Chitradurga, the police stated. A majority of the injured admitted to Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences and Mangala Hospital are secure, the police stated on Saturday.
The Shantigram police have registered a case on costs of inflicting unintended demise and arrested the motive force of the Maharashtra-registered truck, recognized as Bhuvanesh. The truck is related to the Delhi-headquartered logistics firm, AVG Logistics.
“One aspect of the highway had been blocked for visitors as a result of Ganesh processions. Visitors was allowed solely on one aspect of the highway. We have been standing on the aspect of the highway the place visitors was transferring, and we noticed the truck attempt to keep away from hitting a two-wheeler coming and veering over the divider into the Ganesh procession,” an eyewitness informed native tv channels.
Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna hinted that the native administration and police have been at fault for permitting the Ganesh processions and the visitors circulate on the highway.
Ok S Lathakumari, Deputy Commissioner, Hassan, who visited the spot, was gheraoed and questioned by locals who started gathering in giant numbers on Friday evening.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the lack of lives within the accident. “The mishap in Hassan, Karnataka, is heart-rending. On this tragic hour, my ideas are with the bereaved households. I hope those that have been injured recuperate on the earliest,” he stated in a publish on X.
“An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF can be given to the subsequent of kin of every deceased. The injured can be given Rs. 50,000,” the publish said.
Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had introduced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the households of the deceased.
“It’s deeply saddening to be taught information of a number of individuals shedding their lives and over 20 others severely injured when a lorry collided with a procession heading for Ganesh immersion in Hassan,” Siddaramaiah stated on X.
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“On behalf of the federal government, a compensation of Rs 5 lakh every will probably be offered to the households of the deceased. The federal government can even bear the medical bills for the remedy of these injured within the incident,” he stated.
In a publish on X on Friday evening, Union minister H D Kumaraswamy additionally expressed shock on the incident. “This can be very saddening that devotees misplaced their lives after being run over by a truck through the Ganapati procession,” the publish said.