Kunigal, June 30 (UNI) In a gruesome accident, four members of a family, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed on the spot after their car allegedly collided head-on with a speeding mini truck on the Kunigal bypass in this district.

The victims have been identified as Seebe Gowda (50), his wife Shobha (45), daughter Dumbishree (23), and son Bhanukiran (13), police confirmed today.

According to police, the fatal accident occurred around 8 PM yesterday night while the family was en route to drop Bhanukiran, a Class 8 student at Valley School, to his hostel near Bidanagere on the outskirts of Kunigal.

The family, residents of Magadi town, had reportedly finished dinner and were travelling together when their car encountered a mini truck allegedly coming from the wrong direction on a one-way stretch of the bypass.

"A speeding Canter truck came from the opposite direction in violation of traffic rules and collided head-on with the car," a senior police officer said, adding that the car was also travelling at high speed. The collision was so intense that all four occupants of the car died instantly.

The mini truck driver has been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the officer stated.

Police have launched a detailed investigation into the incident. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and further legal procedures are underway.

The tragic accident has cast a pall of gloom over Magadi, where the family was well known in the local community.

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