According to a fire official, a person was killed after an ethanol tanker collided with a lorry carrying iron coils in the Hanwada Mandal of Mahbubnagar district, Telangana.
According to Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty, around 60 people were travelling in the bus when the accident occurred. He confirmed that both the bus and lorry drivers were among the deceased.
Amid demands to raise the compensation amount for the families of the victims of the lorry crash in Hassan, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah justified the ex-gratia Rs 5 lakh and said that the compensation is being given to console the families of the deceased.
"The mishap in Hassan, Karnataka, is heart-rending. In this tragic hour, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those who have been injured recover at the earliest," the PMO said in a post on X.
"Yesterday, between 8 pm and 8:45 pm, a tanker lorry was found to have driven recklessly into a Ganpati immersion procession in Mosale Hosalli. 9 people died in this incident, and the driver was also injured. 6 villagers and 3 engineering students have died," IGP Boralingaiah told reporters
Stockholm [Sweden], Apr. 7 (ANI): All Indian Embassy staff in Stockholm have safely escaped the lorry crash incident which took place on Friday, sources in the embassy confirmed this to ANI.