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Five killed in accidents

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Five people were killed in road accidents reported in the city and Bangalore Rural district on Tuesday.

The police said that around 4.30 a.m., a lorry carrying sheep collided with a KSRTC bus near Poojarayanahalli in Nandagudi police station limits in Hoskote taluk. The driver and cleaner of the lorry, Nagaraj (26) and Raghunath (22), were killed on the spot. The bus driver, who was injured, has been hospitalised. As many as 45 sheep were also killed. While the bus was bound for Mulbagal in Kolar district, the lorry was on its way to Bangalore from Kolar. The Nandagudi police have registered a case.

A 10-year-old boy was killed after he was knocked down by a lorry in Kumaraswamy Layout traffic police station limits.

One person was killed and three were injured after a bus rammed two motorcycles on Hosur Road.

The driver of a goods vehicle was killed after a cement-laden lorry rammed his vehicle in Vijayapura police station limits in Bangalore Rural district. He was identified as Adinarayana (38) of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

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