DHARWAD: Five people, including a child, were killed and four more were left injured, after a car rammed into a truck from behind near Tegur village in Dharwad district on Thursday night.
Police said the car as well as the truck were going towards Dharwad. The car driver tried to avoid hitting a pedestrian, but ended up ramming the truck from behind. The pedestrian, identified as Iranna Ramangoudar, also died in the incident.
The deceased were identified as Nagappa Irappa Muddoji (29), Mahantesh Basappa Muddoji (40), Basavaraj Shivaputrappa Naragund (35), Iranna Gurusiddappa Ramangoudar, (35), and Srikumar Nargund (5).
The injured are Shravankumar Basavaraj Nargund (7), Madiavalappa Raju Alnavar (22), Prakashgouda Shankargouda Patil (22) and Manjunath Mahantesh Muddoji (22). While the first two have been admitted at KIMS, the latter two have been admitted at the district hospital in Dharwad. Further investigation is under way, the police said. (ANI)