Truck driver booked for rash driving after ploughing into crowd throughout Ganesha procession in Hassan

Goruru Police in Hassan taluk have registered a case on costs of rash driving, inflicting loss of life by negligent act in opposition to driver of the truck following an accident that killed 9 at Mosale Hosahalli on Friday (September 12, 2025) night time.

The police booked a case beneath the Sections of 281, 106 and 125 of the BNS, in opposition to Bhuvanesh, who was driving the truck.

The video clip captured on the accident spot exhibits that the the truck hits a two-wheeler after which crosses over the divider to ram into the gang dancing within the Ganesha procession.

The driver additionally suffered accidents within the incident. The police booked the case based mostly on the assertion by Manjunath of Danayakanahalli, who misplaced his nephew Eshwar within the incident.

Among the deceased three are engineering college students at Government Engineering College at Mosale Hosahalli. They are Mithun, 21, Gavirangapura in Hosadurga taluk in Chitradurga district, Suresh, 21 of Mallenahalli in Chikkamagaluru taluk, Praveen Kumar, 22 of Ballari.

Others who died are Rajesh, 18, Ok.B. Palya in Holenarasipur taluk, Eshwar, 17, of Danayakanahalli in Hassan taluk, Gokul, 17, Muttigerahalli, Kumaraswamy, 25, of Kabbanahalli in Holenarasipur taluk, Praveen Kumar, 25, of Kabbanahalli, Prabhakar, 51, Bantarahalli in Holenarasipur taluk.

As many as 16 individuals injured within the incident are beneath therapy in Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences.