Ankola: Five persons lost their life after a car they were travelling ran into a halted lorry at Honnalli of Karwar. Three others have been severely injured in the mishap.
The Swift car bearing Ka 29 B 4291 registration had passengers from Jamanala of Vijayapura plying back home after completing pilgrimage to Kukke Subramanya in Dakshina Kannada when the gruesome mishap took place. Deceased have been identified as Akash (13), Sowmya (13), Swarna (65), Prabhu (55) and Rudrappa (70). The injured are Danappa Rudrappa Kholi, Adithya Danappa Kholi (12) and Raju Gopal Patil.
A case has been registered.