Three people, including a one-and-a-half-year-old child, died on the spot on Wednesday evening after a car rear-ended a motorcycle on the Hosapete-Ballari National Highway near Dharmasagara in Vijayanagara district. The victims were identified as 55-year-old Mayya from Metri village in Kampli taluk, her daughter Jyoti, 28, and Jyoti’s daughter Divya, who was one and a half years old.
Lakshman, the motorcycle rider, and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Sruthi sustained serious injuries in the crash and were admitted to Ballari Hospital. Police Superintendent S. Jahnvi stated that the driver of the Scorpion car was traveling at excessive speed. The family, consisting of five members including the husband, wife, twin children, and mother, was returning to Metri from a function in Kotaginal village in the same taluk when the accident occurred.
SP S. Jahnvi visited the scene to inspect the area, and a case has been registered at the Hosapete Rural Police Station.