Mysore/Mysuru, March 22 -- Auto drivers, passengers, bike rider, car driver among six injured; incident occurs at Martyr Hemachandra Junction near People's Park in Nazarbad

Six persons were injured after a huge tree allegedly uprooted and fell on the vehicles passing by, at the intersection of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Road (Chatrimara)- Martyr Hemachandra Junction near People's Park, in Nazarbad here yesterday afternoon.

The injured have been identified as autorickshaw driver Siddaraju, 45 years, a resident of Nazarbad, passengers Umashankar,70 and his daughter Rachana, 20, also of Nazarbad, another autorickshaw driver Narayana, 72 of Yaraganahalli, two-wheeler rider Brahmachari, 72 and car driver Sharanabasu, 28.

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