Karnataka Major Accident: 7 dead, 10 injured after vehicle rams into tree in Dharwad

Karnataka Major Accident: As many as seven people were killed and 10 others injured after their vehicle hit a tree in Dharwad district of Karnataka on Friday night. The vehicle carrying 21 people was on its way to Benkankatti when it met with an accident in Nigadi area of the district. The people were returning from a wedding. Karnataka Major Accident: 7 dead, 10 injured after vehicle rams into tree in Dharwad district.

The injured people have been admitted to a nearby hospital. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, said police.” Investigation is on. A case has been registered under section 304 A of the India Penal Code (causing death by negligence),” a police said to media.

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Karnataka heavy rainfall for next 2 days, death toll rose to nine

Heavy rain continued to pound Karnataka on Friday. Karnataka heavy rainfall for next 2 days, death toll rose to nine. Triggering fear of landslides in the coastal district, while the death toll in rain-related incidents rose to nine in the state.

A cyclonic circulation is lying over south interior Karnataka and its neighbourhood in middle and upper tropospheric levels. Under its influence, widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds will be very likely over Karnataka during May 20-22, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) added.

Isolated heavy to very heavy falls over coastal and south interior Karnataka will take place on May 20, and there will be isolated heavy rainfall on May 21. On May 19, IMD said that heavy to very heavy rainfall was likely to be seen in coastal and south Karnataka for the next two days.

While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall for two more days in the state, the Geological Survey of India has warned of landslides in Uttara Kannada district.

According to statistics from the Revenue Ministry, 23 houses have collapsed completely, and nine persons have lost their lives across the state. As many as 204 hectares of agriculture and 431 hectares of the horticultural crop have also been destroyed.