Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Karnataka Road Accidents Leave Three Dead, Several Injured
Two serious road crashes happened in Karnataka.
In the first crash, a car carrying a woman, her husband, and a driver fell from a flyover near Mandya.
Police said the car was speeding and hit a divider.
The woman, Anjana, later died from her injuries.
Her husband and the driver were hurt.
In a separate crash, a scooter hit a lorry that had stopped because it had broken down.
A father named Maruti and his 15-year-old son Parashuram died in that crash.
Police are investigating the incidents.
A 32-year-old Bengaluru techie, Anjana, died after a car fell from a flyover near Mandya.
Police said the car was speeding toward Mysuru when it hit a divider on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway.
Anjana was thrown from the car, while her husband Harish and driver Nithin were injured.
In a separate September 14 crash in Haveri district, Maruti and his 15-year-old son Parashuram died.
Their scooter struck a stationary, broken-down lorry on National Highway-48 near Gundena Halli Cross.
- Who
- Anjana, her husband Harish, and driver Nithin were involved in the Mandya crash; Maruti, his son Parashuram, and Maruti’s family were involved in the Haveri crash.
- What
- Two separate road accidents left Anjana, Maruti, and Parashuram dead, while several others were injured.
- When
- The Haveri crash occurred on September 14, on a Sunday evening; the date of the Mandya crash was not stated.
- Where
- The first crash occurred near Ummadahalli Gate on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway in Mandya; the second occurred near Gundena Halli Cross in Byadagi taluk, Haveri district.
- Why
- Police attributed the first crash to alleged speeding and loss of control; the second occurred after the scooter allegedly failed to notice a broken-down lorry.
- Mandya victim
- Anjana, 32, a Bengaluru-based technology worker
- Mandya crash location
- Flyover near Ummadahalli Gate, under Mandya Central Police Station limits
- Mandya crash direction
- The car was travelling from Bengaluru toward Mysuru
- Haveri victims
- Maruti, 41, and his son Parashuram, 15
- Haveri crash location
- Near Gundena Halli Cross in Byadagi taluk on National Highway-48
- Haveri crash date
- September 14, Sunday evening
- Police action
- A case was registered in the Mandya crash, and investigations were underway