TUMAKURU: One person died while another was seriously injured after a lorry rammed into a parked pickup truck and another vehicle near Oorukere on National Highway-48 early on Friday.
The pickup truck was carrying sacks of onions from Chitradurga and had broken down nera Oorukere. The onion sacks were being shifted to another vehicle when the accident occurred. While the pickup truck driver died on the spot, the injured was shifted to the district hospital in Tumakuru.
The truck was coming from Sira when the driver lost control and rammed into the pickup truck. Three vehicles were badly damaged in the accident. Tumakuru Rural police and RTO officials visited the spot and a case has been registered. Road work is being taken up on the highway and there were no warning signs, it is said.