Chikkaballapura: Twelve persons died in a mini passenger vehicle- bus collision that took place at 12:45 PM near Byarlahalli Cross of Chinthamani Taluk here.
It is said that the victims were all travelling in a mini passenger vehicle towards Murgamall Dargah and on reaching Byarlahalli cross, a private bus, coming from Murugamall, rammed into the mini-vehicle killing all the twelve persons.
Few of the injured were shifted to Chinthamani and Kolar Hospital. Senior officials including Chikballapur DC Anirudh Sravan, SP Santhosh Babu and others rushed to the spot.