Ramanagara: Two students died while the driver of their SUV suffered serious injuries after the vehicle reportedly collided with a truck on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, police said on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as Vishwa (22) and Surya (18), both from Bommasandra in Bengaluru, they said.

While Vishwa was pursuing a diploma course, his friend Surya was a second-year pre-college student in Bengaluru, police said.

According to police, the two students were returning from Mysuru in the SUV driven by a Suha. Their vehicle reportedly collided with a truck that was in the wrong lane on Friday evening, resulting in an accident on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway near Kempainadoddi village in Ramanagara.

Both Surya and Vishwa were rushed to the nearest hospital where they were declared brought dead. The motorist, Suhas, who was seriously injured, is out of danger, according to a senior traffic police official.

“A case has been registered under sections 297 (rash driving or driving on public road) and 304 a (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and the accused truck driver has been arrested in connection with the accident” , he said. .