Four dead, one battling for life after jeep collides with truck

KALABURAGI: Four people died on the spot while one person was battling for life after a jeep collided with a truck in the wee hours on the outskirts of the Afzalpur on Thursday. All the deceased were residents of Madyal in Afzalpur taluk

The autopsy of the deceased was conducted at the taluk government hospital in Afzalpur.

The accident occurred on the Afzalpur-Kalaburagi stretch of the national highway. The deceased are Santosh (40), Shankar (55), Siddamma (50) and Hucchappa (5). Another passenger, Pooja, is battling for life at a private hospital in Kalaburagi.

The jeep was on its way from Afzalpur to Mallabad while the truck was coming from Kalaburagi. The Afzalpur police visited the spot and have registered a case.