Belagavi: In a deadly accident, two cars collided head on and killed four people including a woman near Chandaragi of Ramdurg taluk, 80kms away from city, on Monday noon.
The deceased are B T Patil (61) and his car driver Mallayya Adiveyya Mathapati (35) from Salahalli village in Ramdurg taluk and Badarinath Vadati (58) and his wife Suman (55) from Dharwad.
Badarinath Vadati,managing director of KMF’s dairy in Hasangi in Jamkhandi taluk of Bagalkot district, was returning towards Hasangi after a two day break. He was accomanied by his wife. in the other car was B T Patil, a brother of former Ramdurg MLA R T Patil, who was heading towards Yaragatti from his native Salahalli. Near Chandaragi, Badarinath Vadati’s car tyre burst and he lost control of the vehilce hiting the on coming car head on.
People working nearby petrol bunk rushed to the spot and tried to rescue Badarinath and his wife, attempting to extricate them from the damaged car. However, both died on spot. When they were trying to bring out the body of B T Patil, one of the cars erupted in flames and soon both cars were engulfed. BT Patil and his driver Mallayya Mathapati were still in car when it burnt down.
After some time, fire fighters arrived at the spot and doused the fire. A case has been registered at Kadakol police station.
