Bengaluru: 7 people died on the spot after a speeding luxury car hit a road side electric pole in Koramangala. The incident happened near the Koramangala choultry bus stop in Bengaluru.
The deceased are identified as Karuna Sagar (28), son of DMK MLA from Hosur Constituency Y. Prakash, his wife Dr. Bindu, daughter-in-law of MLA Prakash, Ishita (21), Dr. Dhanusha (21), Akshay Goyal (23), Utsav and Rohith (23).
Among the deceased four are men while three are women. The incident happened around 1.30 am on Tuesday August 31.
Senior Police Officers rushed to the spot.
According to the initial reports six persons died on the spot while seventh person breathed his last at a local hospital.
The airbags of the luxury vehicles did not open, leading to the death of all the travelers in the vehicle, the Audugodi traffic police said.
The eye witnesses recalled the incident, that they heard an explosion like sound. Soon, the public gathered and called an ambulance and the police. Four of them were not breathing and it took nearly 20 minutes to drag the bodies out of the vehicle.
All the deceased are aged between 20 to 30 years. Three of them sat in front and four sat in the back. None of them wore seat belts as per the preliminary investigations. All dead bodies are kept at the mortuary of Saint John’s hospital.
According to police officials, Akshay Goyal is from Kerala and Utsav hailed from Haryana. Rohith was from Hubballi and few of the victims were staying at a PG hostel.
According to police, Karuna Sagar came to Bengaluru for purchase of medicines at 5.30 pm on Monday. He also carried out business in Bengaluru. The family has called him for dinner at 9.30 pm. He informed his family that he will not come for dinner and went ahead with his friends.
Additional Commissioner for Traffic Dr. Ravikanthe Gowda visited the spot and said, “The accident has taken place due to negligent and rash driving. An investigation will be conducted by a team headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) into the incident.”
It is yet to be ascertained whether the driver behind the wheels drove the car in an inebriated state. The driver had lost control of the speeding car, which had rammed into the electric pole on the footpath and later dashed into the wall of Punjab National Bank building.
The vehicle involved in the accident is being registered in the name of Sanjeevini Blue Metal Company.
Police suspected over speeding as the reason for the accident and the investigation is on.
Input from IANS
