Nine killed in mishap

Nine persons were killed and an

equal number injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision between a lorry and van at Kamplapura in Mysore district today.

The victims, hailing from Dakshina district, were returning home after a visit to Tamil Nadu, police said.

The lorry was transporting LPG cylinders.

The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Periyapatna and Mysore, they said.