Shock & horror as speeding concrete mixer crushes two travelling in SUV in city

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident on Wednesday morning, a woman and her daughter travelling in an SUV were crushed to death after a concrete mixer overturned on their car at Byalamaradaa Doddi, near Bannerghatta on the city outskirts. The deceased have been identified as Gayatri Kumar, 47 and Samatha Kumar, 16.

Gayatri was on her way to drop off her daughter Samatha at Sherwood High school near Basavanapura when the mishap occurred. While coming from Kanakapura road, the speeding concrete mixer overturned after the driver lost control and crushed the Hyundai Venue SUV in which the victims were travelling. The victim Gayatri originally hails from Ballari district and has been residing in Bengaluru for the past 20 years.

In a similar incident that took place near Attibele, a truck entering from Hosur crashed into another parked truck close to the toll gate. The front portion of the truck was severely damaged, to the extent that the driver Nagaraj had to be rescued by fire and emergency services personnel with great difficulty.

The driver has sustained serious injuries on both his legs as they were stuck in the crushed portion of the truck. After being extricated, he was immediately shifted to a hospital for treatment.