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Twelve persons, including three women, were killed after an SUV collided with a parked truck in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur near Bengaluru early Thursday morning, police said.
The accident took place on National Highway 44 near a traffic police station. Police suspect foggy weather to have been the cause of the mishap.
"An Andhra Pradesh-based Tata Sumo collided with a truck around 7 am," Chikkaballapur Superintendent of Police DL Nagesh said.
The deceased belonged to Kothacheruvu of the Gorantla area of the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, the Superintendent of Police said.
The SUV was crushed due to the impact and passersby along with police managed to pull out victims who were rushed to hospital.
The five injured are undergoing treatment in hospital, the police official said.
Further details about the deceased will be known after an investigation, he said.
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