Dynamite News Newly-elected Karnataka MLA dies in road accident
Nyamagouda was on the way to his constituency Jamkhandi from Goa when the car he was travelling in tried to avoid a lorry and hit a road side parapet wall.
Bagalkote: Former union minister and newly-elected Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda died in a road accident in Bagalkote district early today, a senior police official said.
Nyamagouda was on the way to his constituency Jamkhandi from Goa when the car he was travelling in tried to avoid a lorry and hit a road side parapet wall, District Superintendent of PoliceVamshikumar told.
The 70-year-old lawmaker was in New Delhi and had returned to Goa by flight before he proceeded to his constituency by car, he said.
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Nyamagouda had suffered severe injuries and died instantly, he said.
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He is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters.
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Nyamagouda was the union minister in the P V Narasimha Rao ministry in 1990-91. (PTI)