BIDAR, April 20 -- Four people were killed and 20 others injured in a chain accident involving a lorry, a government bus, a car and multiple two-wheelers on National Highway 50 near Danapur village in Hosapete taluk of Vijayanagara district on Sunday morning, police said.

The accident occurred around 9.20 am near Mariyammanahalli. A Haryana-registered lorry carrying garlic, travelling from Delhi towards Bengaluru, lost control and rammed into a bike, a car and a government bus from behind before hitting another bike and overturning by the roadside, police said.

Sub-inspector Tarabai Pawar said, "A lorry loaded with garlic, travelling from Delhi towards Bengaluru, reportedly lost control and crashed into a bike, a car, and a bus near the...