Mysuru, Oct. 10 -- In a tragic road accident early this morning, two people died and 14 others were injured when a private bus collided head-on with a cement-laden lorry near Madhugiri Koppalu Gate in Hunsur taluk.

The accident occurred around 4.30 am on the Mysuru-Hunsur Highway near Jagalakuppe on the Hunsur-Bannikuppe stretch. A Kerala-based private bus travelling from Kozhikode to Bengaluru crashed into a lorry heading toward Hunsur from Mysuru.

Preliminary reports indicate the collision was triggered when the lorry swerved to the right to avoid a fallen tree and poor visibility early in the morning prevented the bus driver from seeing the approaching vehicle. Bus driver Shamshuddin and cleaner Dinesh died on the spot after being th...