Toyota Innova cab toppled seven times, killed 5 of 8 elderly friends visiting temple in Karnataka on 2025-07-01

Toyota Innova cab toppled seven times, killed 5 of 8 elderly friends visiting temple in Karnataka on 2025-07-01.

The eight friends were heading to a temple in Gauribidanur taluk, Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka, in a rented Toyota Innova. Police said the accident happened around 10.45 am on Tuesday 2025-07-01 between Nayakarandanahalli and Makali village of Doddaballapur on the state highway connecting to Gauribidanur.

The victims are Eshwarappa (75), DN Kalappa (69), Purushottam (62), Gopinath (52), and Narasmiha Murthy (50) who was the river of the Innova. The injured are Kumara (50), Srinivas (55), Narayanappa (60). 

The friends were weavers, farmers and small-time businessmen. They used to regularly go for morning and evening walks together.

They decided to visit Shri Bheemeshwara Temple near Manchenahalli, Gauribidanur taluk, and hired the MUV.

Murthy, who was driving the vehicle, overtook a truck on the curve of a narrow road without median divider and found a bus coming from the opposite direction. He tried to avoid the bus and pulled the steering to the left side, losing balance. As a result, the Innova rolled upside down at least seven times, according to police. The passengers were tossed in the air and fell on the road in different directions. 

Four persons died on the spot, while Gopinath succumbed within a few minutes after he was rushed to a nearby hospital. 

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* Mishap And Calamity in Karnataka 

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