Karnatka (The Stellar News): On late Thursday night, six members of the same family including two women and a six-month old infant have died in a road accident near Arakera (K) village of Gurmitkal taluk here, police said.However, a three-year old boy has survived with injuries and has been shifted to a hospital at Kalaburagi for treatment.
According to police sources, the incident occurred due to a head-on collision between the car, in which the family was travelling, with a goods vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
A head-on collision between the car and a goods vehicle took the lives of six members of the same family
They said that the family was returning to Yadgir after performing rituals at a dargah in neighbouring Telengana. The deceased belong to Hutti village in Lingsagur taluk of Raichur district, officials said, adding that four of them had died on the spot, while two succumbed on the way to hospital.
Senior police officials including Superintendent of Police (SP) CB Vedamurthy visited the accident spot. A case has been registered in Gurmitkal Police Station, officials said.
Report: Deepanjot Kaur (Under Training)
