India, Jan. 15 -- In a tragic accident on Friday at least twelve people including nine women and three men were killed and five others injured when a minibus collided with a truck near Itigatti village in Karnataka.

The accident took place on Friday around 7 am when they were heading to attend a family function in Goa. The minibus was carrying 17 passengers, mostly women, from Davangere district of the state.

According to the police, ten women passengers and the driver of the minibus died on the spot. While the other injured people were shifted to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) for treatment.

The deceased have been identified as Praveena, Poornima, Preethi Ravikumar, Manasi, Paramjyoti, Rajeswari Sivakumar, Shakunta...