Seven men travelling to attend a friend's wedding died in a road accident in central Karnataka when the car they were in crashed into the rear of a truck, police said on Thursday.
The mishap occurred on 17th May at midnight when the speeding multi - utility vehicle rammed into the rear side of a truck carrying timber near Muddinakoppa, in this district, on the state highway, Shivamogga district Additional Superintendent of Police M. Muthuraj told IANS.
The victims, aged between 25 - 45 years, were travelling from Bengaluru to Sagara town in Malnad region to attend their friend's wedding on Thursday.
The accident spot is about 100km from Shivamogga and 405km from Bengaluru.
The victims were identified as Madhu, car driver, Praveen, a make - up artist, Mallesh, Sridhar, Rajesekhar, Raghavendra and Manjunath.
Police had a tough time extricating the victims' bodies from the mangled vehicle, which got stuck to the truck's rear side on impact.
Source: Zee News
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