Three of family killed after milk tanker hits motorcycle in Koppa

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Three members of a family were killed when a motorcycle was knocked down by a milk tanker at Koppa in Mandya district, near Mysuru, early on September 15.

Police said Muthuraj, his wife and two daughters, were returning to their house at Kuthagondanahalli in Kanakapura taluk, in south Karnataka, on the motorcycle after celebrating a festival in Koppa in Maddur taluk when the mishap took place.

When the milk tanker hit their motorcycle from behind around 5.15 a.m., Muthuraj, 35, and daughter Keerthana, 9, were killed on the spot. His wife Kavya, 30, succumbed to injuries in a hospital.

The couple’s 12-year-old daughter survived the accident. She is undergoing treatment at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), police said.

A case has been registered at Koppa Police station and an investigation is underway.

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