Seven people were killed in a car accident in Bengaluru’s Koramangala when a speeding Audi Q3 lost control, climbing onto the footpath before hitting a Punjab National Bank branch building in the wee hours of Tuesday, August 31. The incident took place on 80 feet road in Koramangala between 1 am and 2am. According to the police, the seven deceased include the son of Hosur MLA Prakaash Y of the DMK, Karunasagar. Hosur is located in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, and is around 40 kilometers away from the city.
The other victims of the crash have been identified as Bindu, Ishita, Dhanush, Akshay Goyal, Utsav and Rohit. They were all aged between 20 to 30 and were staying in paying guest accommodations in the city. Cops say two were from Kerala and one was from Karnataka.
Visuals from the spot show that the car's front was completed mangled in the car crash. CCTV visuals from a building near the spot of the shows the Audi was speeding and crashed into a wall, which is when it comes to a halt.
The CCTV visuals show that the Audi first rams into bollards installed on the footpaths, dismantling all of them. The Audi then crashes into a wall and bounces as it comes to a halt. An object - presumably a tyre or the broken bollards - is seen rolling away from the car onto the road. CCTV footage seems to indicate that it was raining when the accident took place.
A CCTV has captured the accident in Koramangala where 7 people were killed including son & daughter-in-law of Hosur DMK MLA. The footage shows how the Audi lost control ramming into the bollards on the footpath & then hits a wall & bounces back to a halt pic.twitter.com/Mja8BxFueN
— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) August 31, 2021
The police told TNM that the group was driving around the city. An official said that there were three people sitting in front and four in the backseat. Police said none of the passengers were wearing a seat belt and the airbags did not deploy on impact in the car, which bears a VIP number plate. Six died on the spot and another died in hospital. A post mortem is being carried out at St John's Hospital in Bengaluru. The Adugodi police have registered an FIR.
Karunasagar Prakaash, son of DMK MLA Y Prakaash