Two dead, seven injured as pickup truck, MUV collide head-on in Kalaburagi

KALABURAGI: Two people died while seven others were injured after a pickup truck and a MUV collided head-on near Farhatabad early on Wednesday. The deceased are Murugan (42), who was in the Maruti Ertiga car, and Dhoolamma (60) who was travelling in the pickup truck.

The pickup truck was taking labourers for picking cotton buds from Koodidargah village to Shahbad when the accident occurred. The Ertiga car was on its way from Kalaburagi to Jewargi.

The injured were shifted to the district hospital in Kalaburagi. The Kalaburagi traffic-1 police visited the spot and have registered a case.