Six people died and four were injured after a speeding Mahindra Thar rammed into an autorickshaw in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district on Sunday afternoon, police said.
The autorickshaw, carrying eight passengers and one driver, was travelling on National Highway-44 when the Thar allegedly struck it from behind, propelling it forward and trapping it between the Thar and a container lorry.
Preliminary probe shows the Thar was overspeeding when it crashed, said Chikkaballapura SP Kushal Choukse.
The deceased have been identified as autorickshaw driver B K Anjinappa (35), N Umadevi (55), B R Vijaya (40), K N Lakshmamma (50) and R Sarojamma (65).
Another injured passenger, B S Arunamma (48), later died in hospital, raising the death toll to six.
Police said the injured, identified as R Gangadevi, N B Lakshmidevi and B K Ratnamma (aged 40 to 50), were rushed to Bagepalli government hospital for treatment and are in critical condition.
