A 100-foot chariot collapsed during a temple festival in Karnataka's Anikal, resulting in two fatalities and several injuries. The incident occurred at the Husskur Madhurama Jatra on the outskirts of Bengaluru. A 26-year-old auto driver and a 14-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu lost their lives. Authorities are investigating the cause, with initial reports suggesting adverse weather conditions as a contributing factor.
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00:00Let's get you a video now coming in from Anikkal in Karnataka, where a 100 feet chariot has
00:12come crashing down, collapsing during a temple festival.
00:16These are images on your screens of the scene where you see that massive chariot coming
00:21crashing down.
00:22There were people all around and so unfortunately two people have also died in this incident.
00:28Also people have been injured on your screens is that moment when the chariot came crashing
00:33down.
00:34This has happened in Anikkal on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
00:38Scores of people had gathered for in fact this temple festival when the unfortunate
00:43incident took place and unfortunately two people have died in this particular incident.
00:52In fact this happened during the Huskur Madhurama Jatra which took place in Anikkal and according
00:58to the police there were actually two chariots that had collapsed during the event, one which
01:03fell on a crowd near the temple which led to several people being trapped underneath
01:08and unfortunately because of the same two people lost their life, a 26-year-old auto
01:13driver and a 14-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu.
01:18Both of them have lost their lives in this particular incident.
01:21There are several others who have also been injured.
01:24Sagar Raj is joining us with more details on this Sagar, shocking video that shows really
01:29how this massive 100-foot chariot came crashing down.
01:33What exactly happened?
01:34What led to this collapse?
01:38What we get to learn is due to adverse weather conditions, yesterday there was heavy rains
01:42and wind in the city of Bengaluru and it has had a major impact even in the outskirts in
01:48Anikkal where a huge 100-foot chariot collapsed due to that and two people have been killed
01:55and both of them are from the same place and one person is a vendor and the other person
02:03is a student who has been identified in this particular incident and what we also get to
02:07learn is there were other chariots which have also been disbanded after this 100-foot chariot
02:13and wind collapse and taking confidence of this, the authorities have issued notices
02:18to the organisers and sought an explanation that how this has gone wrong and why there
02:24was no precautionary measures taken by the organisers.
02:27Alright Sagar, thanks very much for joining us with those details.
02:31An investigation underway but it looks like it's because of adverse weather conditions
02:36that this unfortunate incident took place.