K.R. Pet, Feb. 5 -- Three youths were killed while another sustained serious injuries when the car in which they were travelling fell into a gorge after the person behind the wheels of the vehicle lost control of it near Akkihebbal bridge in the taluk on Saturday night.

While the deceased have been identified as Chiranjivi (21), son of Ashok Kumar of Agrahara Layout and Aniketana (21), son of Bhagavan Coffee Works proprietor Chethan of Basaveshwara Nagar in K.R. Pet Town and Pavan (20), son of Somashekar of Bylakuppe in Periyapatna taluk. The seriously injured is Sagar, son of Vijayakumar of K.R. Pet, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mysuru.

All the four were studying in the same college and as it was a holiday, they...