Tumakuru, May 9 -- Four people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a lorry near Jigani Palya in Kothagere on Saturday, police said.

The accident took place when an Alto car (KA 11 N 1211) travelling from Tumakuru towards Mandya collided head-on with a lorry (KA 03 D 5599) moving from Kunigal towards Tumakuru.

The deceased have been identified as Gayatri (68) and Narasimha, also known as Kumar Narasimhappa (65). All the victims were residents of Suvarnasandra in Mandya district. The bodies have been shifted to Kunigal Government Hospital for post-mortem examination.

Police said Kunigal Police Station Inspector Madhya Nayak and his team visited the accident spot soon after the incident.

A case has been registered and fu...