Kalaburagi road accident: Five members of a family, including two children, died after their two-wheeler collided with a truck near Balluragi village in Kalaburagi district on Thursday (November 3), police said. The accident took place around 4:30 pm on a highway in Afzalpur taluk of the district, they added.
According to police, the victims were coming from Dudhani village in the Solapur district of Maharashtra while the truck was coming from Afzalpur taluk. Preliminary probe revealed that the truck hit the motorcycle while overtaking it, resulting in the death of five people, a senior police officer said.
According to SP Kalaburagi, A Srinivasulu, all five people died after a motorcycle collided with a truck near Balluragi Village in Kalaburagi District.
Soon after the accident, the driver of the offending truck fled the spot and efforts are being made to nab him, he said. The identity of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, police said.
"A case has been registered at Afzalpur Police Station in Kalaburagi district," stated A Srinivasulu. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
(With agencies inputs)
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