Karnataka CM's convoy rams into vehicles, injures two

Two people were injured after Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's convoy rammed into vehicles at Yashwantpur. The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed against the road divider before colliding with a truck and an auto-rickshaw.

Bengaluru: Two people were injured after a car in Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's convoy rammed into a truck before hitting an auto-rickshaw on Tuesday at Yashwantpur.

The chief minister was heading towards Tumakuru on Tuesday morning when the incident occurred, they said. The car was behind him, in the convoy, and was the vehicle allotted to his (Yediyurappa) secretary S Selva Kumar. The latter was in the Chief Minister's car when the accident took place.

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The driver of the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed against the road divider, before colliding with a truck and an auto-rickshaw, they added.

"No casualties have been reported. However, the auto-rickshaw and car driver sustained injuries. The car has been mangled in the accident," said a police officer.