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Three, Including Four-Year-Old, Killed in Belagavi Bus Crash
Three, Including Four-Year-Old, Killed in Belagavi Bus Crash
Three people, including a four-year-old girl, died when a KSRTC bus collided with their motorcycle near Karemma Temple in Konnur, Belagavi district, on Thursday, August 6, Siasat.com reports. Police identified the victims…
The Story in Brief
Three people, including a four-year-old girl, died when a KSRTC bus collided with their motorcycle near Karemma Temple in Konnur, Belagavi district, on Thursday, August 6, Siasat.com reports. Police identified the victims as Saif Mulla, 29, his daughter Sija Saif Mulla and family friend Imtiyaz Badagaon, 35.
The group was travelling from Gokak Falls towards Konnur when the crash occurred. Police said all three died at the scene. The bus driver reportedly fled, leaving the vehicle behind. Gokak Rural Police have taken both vehicles into custody, sent the bodies for postmortem and registered a criminal case. Investigators are examining eyewitness accounts and evidence to determine whether speeding, negligence or another factor caused the collision.
The Indian Opinion
Road crashes are too often reduced to instant claims that either reckless riders or negligent bus drivers must be solely responsible. Here, the driver’s reported flight is serious, but it does not establish how the collision happened. Police still need to match eyewitness accounts with site evidence and vehicle examination. The first concrete measure of accountability will be whether investigators identify the driver and establish the collision’s cause in the registered case.
Source: siasat.com
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