Overview
- Five devotees from Jagannathapur in Narayankhed were returning from prayers at the Dattatreya Temple in Ganagapur when their car collided with another vehicle in Karnataka.
- Three died at the scene and a fourth succumbed to injuries at a Bidar hospital, raising the toll to four.
- One pilgrim, identified as Prathap, remains in critical condition at a hospital in Bidar.
- Reports differ on the exact crash site, citing Hallikhed or an area near Humnabad, and on whether the other vehicle was a van or a car, with police investigating.
- Victim identifications vary across accounts, naming residents of Jagannathapur such as Naveen, Rachappa or Rajappa, and Kasinath or Nagaraju, with post-mortems conducted and relatives heading to Bidar.