3 BIMS doctors, lawyer die on spot, one critical after car crashes into tree in Ballari

BALLARI: Three people, including two doctors from the Ballari Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) hospital, and a lawyer, died on the spot, and one person is critical after the car they were travelling in crashed into a roadside tree at Vidapanakal near the Andhra Pradesh border.

The deceased have been identified as Dr Govindaraju, Dr Yogesh, and lawyer Venkatanaidu (55). Another doctor at a private hospital, Amaregouda Patil, was critically injured in the accident.

The incident occurred while the friends were returning to Ballari from a foreign trip. They were traveling from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru to Ballari via the Anantapur route when the accident occurred. Preliminary investigation suggests that the driver might have dozed off behind the wheel and crashed into the tree.