Two people were killed and 12 others injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus rammed into a stranded lorry, police said. The bus was on its way to Maski.
According to PTI, the deceased passengers have been identified as Balanayak and Shweta, police added. The incident occurred after the bus driver lost control and rammed into the parked lorry near Bairapur Cross.
The injured have been admitted to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre and the Siruguppa Taluk Hospital. A case has been registered at the Siruguppa police station.
On August 16, in a similar incident, three people died and seven others were critically injured after a KSRTC bus crashed into a broken-down truck parked on the highway near Ittinabail in Yellapur taluk on Friday night, said police.
The KSRTC bus was travelling from Bagalkot to Mangaluru. The accident occurred when the bus rammed into a Kerala-registered truck that had broken down and was parked on the roadside.
Among the deceased are two women, Neelavva, aged 38 years old and Gourijavva, aged 43 years old, while the identity of the third victim, a man, is yet to be confirmed. The injured have been shifted to KIMS Hospital in Hubballi for treatment, the police further said.
