Four people from Karnataka’s Yadgir district were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into an under-construction bridge on the Surat-Chennai Expressway near Ibrahimpur in Shahapur taluk, police said.
Two occupants died on the spot, while the other two, who sustained serious injuries, were rushed to a hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.
The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into the bridge structure. They were returning to their native village on Saturday after visiting the Bhavani Devi temple at Tuljapur in Maharashtra, police said. Two occupants died on the spot, while the other two, who sustained serious injuries, were rushed to a hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries a few hours later. A case has been registered at Shahapur police station, and an investigation is underway, they added.
The victims were identified as Gururaj Suresh Chavan (29), Reddy Bagla Rathod (33), Govinda Seethya Chavan (28) and Kumar Ramu Rathod (26).
The car was completely mangled in the crash, police said.
