Karnataka: Nine Killed In Tumakuru Road Accident, PM Modi Announces Rs 2 Lakh To Deceased Families

While expressing his condolences to the bereaved families, PM Modi announced Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be paid Rs 50,000

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Nine persons including three children were killed and 11 others injured after a jeep collided with a truck and overturned in Karnataka's Tumakuru district in the wee hours of Thursday. In a tweet, news agency ANI said quoting local police, "All of them were daily wage workers, labourers coming towards Bengaluru. SP  Rahul Kumar Shahpurwad visited the spot."

While expressing his condolences to the bereaved families, PM Modi announced Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be paid Rs 50,000.

The accident in Tumakuru district, Karnataka is heart-rending. Condolences to the bereaved families. Prayers with the injured. Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be paid Rs. 50,000: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 25, 2022

Meanwhile, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai in a tweet said, "I am deeply saddened to know that 9 people have died and many others have been injured in a terrible accident that took place near Kalkhambella in Sira taluk of Tumakuru district. I pray for the departed soul to rest in peace and for the speedy recovery of the injured."

There were 23 people in the ill-fated jeep, which was heading to Bengaluru from Raichur district, said a Times of India report. The accident occurred at around 4 am on NH-48 in the limits of Kalambella police station near Balenahalli Gate, around 90 km away from Bengaluru in Sira taluk.