DMK MLA's Son Among 7 Killed in Audi Car Crash in Bengaluru's Koramangala

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Seven people were killed in a car accident in Bengaluru’s Koramangala when a speeding Audi Q3 lost control, climbing onto the footpath before hitting a Punjab National Bank branch building in the wee hours of Tuesday, 31 August. The incident took place on an 80 feet road in Koramangala between 1 am and 2 am.

According to the police, the seven deceased include the son of Hosur, Tamil Nadu Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Prakaash Y from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Karunasagar, and his wife Bindu. Hosur is a district in Tamil Nadu adjoining Bengaluru, and is around 40 kilometre away from the city.

The other victims are Ishita, Dhanush, Akshay, Goyal and Rohit. They were all aged between 20 to 30 and were staying in paying guest accommodations in the city. Cops say two were from Kerala and one was from Karnataka.

Car's Front Completely Mangled

Visuals from the spot show that the car's front was completed mangled in the car crash. CCTV visuals from a building near the spot show that the Audi was speeding and crashed into a wall, which is when it came to a halt.

A CCTV has captured the accident in Koramangala where 7 people were killed including son & daughter-in-law of Hosur DMK MLA. The footage shows how the Audi lost control ramming into the bollards on the footpath & then hits a wall & bounces back to a halt pic.twitter.com/Mja8BxFueN

— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) August 31, 2021

The CCTV visuals show that the Audi first rams into the bollards installed on the footpaths, dismantling all of them.

It then crashes into a wall and bounces as it comes to a halt. An object – presumably a tyre or one of the broken bollards – is seen rolling away from the car onto the road.

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Stalin Mourns Death of MLA's Son

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday, 31 August condoled the death of Hosur MLA Praksh's son, Karuna Sagar.

Stalin, as per IANS, issued a statement saying that he was shocked and pained to hear the death of DMK MLA's son.

"I am shocked to hear about the death of Karuna Sagar. I do not know how to console Prakash who has lost his loving son."

MK Stalin, DMK President and Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu

(This story has been published in an arrangement with The News Minute.)