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Nine Dead as Truck Ploughs Into Ganesh Procession in Karnataka’s Hassan

Police attribute the crash to a swerve over the divider to avoid a bike, triggering a criminal probe.

Nine dead as truck rams into Ganesh immersion procession in Karnataka’s Hassan
According to police, the death toll could be higher as per the preliminary information from the hospitals. (Representational image)
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Overview

  • Authorities now confirm nine fatalities and roughly 20–25 injured, with patients treated at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences and private hospitals, including several in intensive care.
  • Police say six of the dead were local residents and three were engineering students, with most victims in their teens and twenties.
  • The driver, identified as Bhuvanesh, was injured, detained, and booked on charges including causing death by negligence, as forensic teams reconstruct the sequence of events.
  • Preliminary accounts indicate the tanker hit a motorcycle and barricade, jumped the median on NH-373 near Mosale Hosahalli, and rammed the procession during immersion festivities.
  • Karnataka’s chief minister announced ₹5 lakh for families of the deceased and state-covered treatment for the injured, while the PMO approved ₹2 lakh for each bereaved family and ₹50,000 for the injured.