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<p data-start="114" data-end="299"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At least four people lost their lives and four others were injured in a tragic road accident near Makali, close to Doddaballapur town in Karnataka&rsquo;s Chikkaballapura district on Tuesday.</span></p>
<p data-start="301" data-end="582"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The deceased have been identified as Kalappa, Purushottama, Narayanappa, and Eshwarappa &mdash; all residents of Karenahalli village in Doddaballapur. The group, consisting of eight friends, was on their way to visit the Bheemeshwara Hill temple in Manchenahalli when the crash occurred.</span></p>
<p data-start="584" data-end="924"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">According to preliminary police investigations, the accident took place while their car was attempting to overtake a truck on the state highway. An RTC bus approaching from the opposite direction forced the driver to swerve suddenly to avoid a head-on collision. In the process, the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned violently.</span></p>
<p data-start="926" data-end="1145"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The impact was devastating &mdash; the car was completely wrecked, and the bodies of the deceased were thrown across the road. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, where some are reported to be in critical condition.</span></p>
<p data-start="1147" data-end="1424"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In another tragic incident just a day earlier, four members of a family died in a road accident on National Highway-75 near the Kunigal bypass in Tumakuru district. Their car collided with a speeding canter truck that was reportedly driving on the wrong side of a one-way road.</span></p>
<p data-start="1426" data-end="1802"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The victims &mdash; Seebe Gowda, his wife Shobha, and their children Dumbishree and Bhanukiran Gowda &mdash; were residents of Mattikere village in Magadi taluk. The family had returned home for the weekend and were on their way to drop their son, a Class 8 student, at his school hostel. Before the fatal crash, they had stopped in Bengaluru to drop off their elder daughter, Varnashree.</span></p>
<p data-start="1804" data-end="1951" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seebe Gowda was driving at the time of the incident. The head-on collision left the car completely mangled, killing all four occupants on the spot.</span></p>
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Four Friends Die in Crash Near Doddaballapur

Car overturns during overtaking attempt; 4 killed, 4 injured en route to temple in Karnataka

Four Friends Die in Crash Near Doddaballapur

Car overturns during overtaking attempt; 4 killed, 4 injured en route to temple in Karnataka

July 1, 2025 | 15:20 IST