Karwar, July 9 -- A pilgrimage trip turned into a tragedy after six young men, all working as part-time delivery partners for Swiggy, were killed and four others sustained serious injuries in a devastating head-on collision between a Tempo Cruiser and a lorry near Balagar in the Arabail Ghat section of Yellapur taluk in Uttara Kannada district early on Thursday. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.

According to police, all the occupants of the Tempo Cruiser (KA-19 AA-5920) were residents of Dharwad. The group had left on Wednesday night for a pilgrimage and leisure trip to Dharmasthala and Chikkamagaluru. However, while negotiating the winding Arabail Ghat stretch near Balagar, their...