Three from Tamil Nadu dead after MUV crashes into barricade after tyre burst

CHITRADURGA: Three people died after the Toyota Innova MUV they were travelling in crashed into a road barricade after one of the tyres burst near Katral village in the taluk on Thursday. All the occupants of the vehicle hailed from Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu.

The deceased were identified as Arjun (28), Saravana (31) and Senthil (29). While one of them died on the spot, two others died in a hospital in Chitradurga. They were returning from a holiday in Goa when the accident occurred.

Arjun was working with the Tamil Nadu police in Chennai. More details about the others were not immediately known. The Chitradurga Rural police visited the spot and have registered a case.