Canter ploughs into crowd in Hassan, five dead

Shivamogga

Five persons died when a canter ploughed into a crowd participating in a Ganesha procession at Mosale Hosahalli on Hassan-Holenarasipur Road late on Friday evening.

The toll is expected to rise, as several people were seriously injured in the incident.

Many people of Mosale Hosahalli and neighbouring villages were dancing to popular tunes being played as part of the procession when the canter ploughed into the crowd. The crowd did not expect the vehicle to come their way. It is not clear what prompted the driver to lose control over the vehicle.

Video clips of the incident showed the truck ploughing into the crowd. Local people called up ambulance services and shifted the injured people to hospitals in Hassan.

As news about the accident spread, many people from neighbouring villages rushed to the spot. Family members and relatives of the deceased were inconsolable.

Holenarasipur MLA and former Minister, H.D. Revanna, his son and MLC, Suraj Revanna, reached the spot. The local police shifted the injured to hospital with the help of local people.

In Hassan, Swaroop Prakash, MLA, visited the hospital and enquired about the condition of the injured.