4 killed in Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway crash while returning from Tirupati

Four people were killed and three others injured when their Innova crashed into a stone culvert near Doddakari village in Kolar Gold Fields on Monday morning, according to The Indian Express. The deceased were identified as Devendra, 44, his mother-in-law Sharadha Bai, 70, and their children, Deeksha, 20, and Vishnu Sai, 12, all residents of Mysuru.

The injured victims have been hospitalized. The families of two sisters—one based in Bengaluru and the other in Mysuru—were returning home from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh when the accident occurred around 7 am. The police suspect that the driver of the Innova, Vikas Rao, may have dozed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to veer off and strike the roadside culvert.

This incident is part of a series of accidents on the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway since its opening in March 2025, with the section between Kolathur near Hoskote and Bethamangala recording over a dozen accidents and nearly 25 deaths.

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