11 govt officials killed in road mishap

HASSAN: Eleven officials belonging to the Block Education Office (BEO) of Belur were killed when their Jeep (KA 13-G345) rammed a lorry head-on, near Cheelanayakanahalli village on the Halebid-Belur highway on Friday afternoon.
The deceased have been identified as Manjunath, in charge BEO of Belur, Doddarange Gowda, S.S. Shante Gowda, Marulasiddappa, Ninge Gowda, Narayanaswamy, Vasudev, Devraj, Renuka Prasad, Gaddi Gatti and S.V.Murthy.
Hassan additional SP B.S. Prakash told Times News Network that Manjunath was returning to Belur after inspection of a school in Halebid, along with his colleagues.
He said the lorry, laden with rubber sheets, was going towards Halebid when it ran over the Jeep, killing all the 11 on the spot. The bodies were handed over to the families after post-mortem.