At least ten people were killed and 16 injured when the vehicle they were travelling in turned turtle near Arabail ghat in Yellapur taluk of Karnataka in Uttara Kannada district yesterday. The truck loaded with vegetables and fruits fell into a roadside gorge leading to the death of nine people on the spot while one died at the
hospital.
The accident occurred yesterday when the truck was transporting goods from Savanur in Haveri district to the weekly vegetable market in Kumta. All the dead were from Savanur. The injured were shifted to Karnataka Medical College in Hubballi.