GADAG: Three women farmers were killed on the spot, and more than 10 others were injured in a road accident involving a passenger vehicle and a canter near Jigloor Cross in Karnataka's Gadag district on Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Annapurna (56), Sangeetha Hosamani (48) and Mariyambu Hunagund (55), all residents of Shivajipete in Gajendragad. They were travelling to Rona to harvest groundnuts.
According to police, the accident occurred when daily wage labourers from Shivaji Nagar in Gajendragad were heading towards Rona for work in the passenger vehicle.