NEW DELHI: At least 10 people died and 15 others were injured on Tuesday morning when a truck carrying fruit vendors plunged into a 50-meter deep valley in a forest area on the Savanur-Hubballi Road near Karwar town in Karnataka, news agency ANI reported.
According to reports, the victims were en route to a local fair in Yellapura when the accident occurred.
A police officer said that the truck swerved to the extreme left to give way to a vehicle attempting to overtake it around 5.30am. The truck then fell into the valley due to the lack of barrier walls along that stretch of road.
The injured were immediately taken to KIMS Hospital in Hubballi for treatment.
In a separate incident, at least four people, including three students, died when the vehicle they were traveling in overturned near Araginamara Camp in Sindhanur, Raichur district.
The students, from Mantralaya Sanskrit Pathashala, were on a pilgrimage to Hampi to offer prayers at the Narahari Temple.
The deceased students were identified as Aryavandan (18), Sucheendra (22), and Abhilash (20), while the driver, Shiva (24), also died in the accident. Ten other passengers were injured and have been admitted to a local hospital.
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