Four passengers were killed and several others injured in an accident on the Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway in Karnataka’s Ramanagara district in the early hours of Monday (March 23, 2026), after a bus crashed into a roadside fence.

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According to police, the impact of the crash was severe, leaving the bus badly mangled. Two passengers died on the spot, while two others succumbed to injuries later at a hospital.

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The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Farhan (22) and Sulfi Rafeez (45), both from Kozhikode in Kerala, Rasheed (45) from Kalasipalya in Bengaluru, and Sakir (27) from Anepalya, Adugodi, in Bengaluru.