Bengaluru: Five killed after SUV rams into bus shelter

BENGALURU: Five people, including three of a family, died and three others were injured when a speeding SUV rammed into a bus shelter at Hosapalya near Kudur in Ramanagar district on Thursday evening. The deceased have been identified as Kemparaju, 38, his daughter Sowmya, 11, and two-year-old son Sanjay, while the two others are Navneeth, 21 and Sanjan Kumar, 21, who were in the SUV.

According to the police, Kemparaju’s family, which lives in Sunkadakatte, was going on a bike to Mayasandra near Kunigal to celebrate Diwali. Around 5.30 pm they had stopped at a bus shelter to have snacks. A speeding SUV mowed them down and hit the bus shelter. All the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the five were declared brought dead.

Kemaparaju’s wife Mamatha, 30, is said to be critical while two other students, who were in the SUV, have also sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment.
 “The four students are said to be from Jharkhand and studying in Bengaluru. They had rented a car and were driving themselves. We are yet to get more details about them as the two students, who survived the accident, are not in a condition to speak. It is yet to be ascertained whether the driver was drunk,” the police added. Kudur police have registered a case.