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Three persons in a car were killed while a boy sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a tipper near Mallayyanapura Gate on National Highway-766 (NH-766) in the taluk yesterday afternoon.

The deceased have been identified as an employee of a private firm in Keralam, Mohammed Azeer (37), his sister Ayesha Noor (41) and her daughter Nuha Mubarak (18).

Ayesha's nine-year-old son Nahiya Mubarak, who had sustained serious injuries, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mysuru.

Azeer, along with his sister and her children were proceeding to Mysuru from Keralam in a car when a speeding tipper vehicle which came in the opposite d...