7 killed in Karnataka road mishap

Seven people, six of them women, were killed and four injured Friday when their speeding car rammed into a road divider and turned turtle in Tumakuru district in Karnataka, police said. The mishap occurred as the driver lost control of the sports utility vehicle in which 11 people from here were travelling, resulting in the crash near Kunigal, they said.

After hitting the divider, the vehicle rolled over to the other side of the road and turned turtled, killing six people on the spot. One person succumbed to injuries on way to hospital, police said. The SUV was completely mangled under the impact and the bodies were mutilated.

Of the four injured, who have been hospitalised, the condition of three was stated to be serious, police added.