7 dead, 2 children injured as car collides with bus in Yadgir

YADGIR: Seven people were killed, and two children were injured after a car collided with a bus in near Surpur in Yadgir district, police said. All the passengers in the car belonged to a single family and hailed from Sirwar taluk of Raichur.

Yadgir SP Pruthvik Shankar explained that the accident occurred in Yadgir district under Surpur police station limits. “There was a tragic accident in the morning between 9.30 and 9.45 am. One private bus travelling from Bengaluru towards Kalaburagi collided head-on with a car travelling from Surpur towards Sirwar”, he said.

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“Out of nine passengers travelling in that car, seven are confirmed dead, two kids are critical and they were moved to Yadgir Institute of Medical Sciences”, he said.

According to an eyewitness, the car, while overtaking one tractor, collided head-on with the bus. “We have taken the complaint from the victim’s family side, and we are investigating the case”, SP Shankar said. (ANI)