<p>Bengaluru: Three people were killed and four others, including three children, from Bengaluru were injured in a road accident involving a container truck on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway on the city's outskirts on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>Ramanagara traffic police said the accident occurred between 7.30 am and 8 am near Kempegowdana Doddi in Ramanagara when the truck rammed into the side of a Maruti Omni car carrying seven people from the same family. Rajesh (45) and his wife Uma (40) — residents of Peenya 2nd stage — died on the spot while a relative named Lakkamma (65) died en route to a hospital.</p>.<p>Among the injured were Suresh (49) and three children aged between 10 and 13 years. All of them suffered minor injuries and are undergoing treatment. </p>.Accident numbers see decline after safety measures on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.<p>"The accident occurred when the car attempted to overtake the truck at a high speed, but the truck driver suddenly veered and rammed into the car," an investigating officer told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p>Some extended relatives of the family, who were travelling in another car at a short distance behind the Omni, told the police that the family was on its way from Bengaluru to a temple in Srirangapatna.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Three people were killed and four others, including three children, from Bengaluru were injured in a road accident involving a container truck on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway on the city's outskirts on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>Ramanagara traffic police said the accident occurred between 7.30 am and 8 am near Kempegowdana Doddi in Ramanagara when the truck rammed into the side of a Maruti Omni car carrying seven people from the same family. Rajesh (45) and his wife Uma (40) — residents of Peenya 2nd stage — died on the spot while a relative named Lakkamma (65) died en route to a hospital.</p>.<p>Among the injured were Suresh (49) and three children aged between 10 and 13 years. All of them suffered minor injuries and are undergoing treatment. </p>.Accident numbers see decline after safety measures on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway.<p>"The accident occurred when the car attempted to overtake the truck at a high speed, but the truck driver suddenly veered and rammed into the car," an investigating officer told <em>DH</em>.</p>.<p>Some extended relatives of the family, who were travelling in another car at a short distance behind the Omni, told the police that the family was on its way from Bengaluru to a temple in Srirangapatna.</p>