Nine people were killed and 11 were injured when a cruiser jeep collided with a truck on the national highway near Bengaluru on Thursday. The accident happened near Tumakuru town, located 70 km northwest of Bengaluru.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Shahpurwad visited the accident site and said, “The cruiser jeep was carrying daily wage workers who were moving towards Bengaluru city in search of work.”
Meanwhile, all the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, where their condition is stable.
However, compensation has been announced by the Prime Minister’s Office. The PMO expressed grief over the accident by tweeting and announcing a compensation of two lakh to the families of the dead and 50 thousand to the injured from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.
Taking to Twitter PMO said, “The accident in Tumakuru district, Karnataka is heart-rending. Condolences to the bereaved families. Prayers with the injured. Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be paid Rs. 50,000: PM @narendramodi.”
The accident in Tumakuru district, Karnataka is heart-rending. Condolences to the bereaved families. Prayers with the injured. Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be paid Rs. 50,000: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 25, 2022
Earlier on 17 August, five members of a family were killed when a car collided with a container truck going from the wrong side of the road on the Ahmednagar-Pune highway in Pune. The accident happened near Ranjangaon Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.