Five young people died in a crash near Nelamangala, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police said on Sunday. The victims were all between 17 and 22 and lived in Doddabballapura.
The crash happened at Saturday midnight. Police said the car, travelling toward Bengaluru, allegedly clipped the divider, swung across into the opposite lane and ran into an oncoming bus run by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. The force of the impact killed four of the car’s occupants where they sat. The fifth was critically hurt and was rushed to hospital, where he died.
Nobody on the bus was seriously hurt. All 43 passengers got out without major injuries and were put on another bus to finish their journey.
Officials suspect the car was speeding and the driver lost control. The vehicle was badly wrecked. Madanayakanahalli police registered a case, and the investigation continues.
Joint Commissioner of Police Karthik Reddy said investigators will examine whether the driver and the others in the car had been drinking. “We have gathered blood samples and have sent them to FSL for tests. Their background is also being verified,” he told reporters.
The mother of one victim also spoke to reporters. Her son had told her he was going to a temple and would be home late. “I have lost a son, who had come of age… He was working as a CCTV camera operator,” she said. They were friends, she added, and she did not know whose car it was.
