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City has a drink & driving problem?: 50 of 88 accident deaths in past six months due to drunk driving

Mysore/Mysuru: From January 2024 to date, 88 deaths have occurred in road accidents within Mysuru city limits, with 50 of those fatalities involving individuals who were driving under the influence of alcohol.…

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Published July 16, 2024 · 2 min read
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Mysore/Mysuru: From January 2024 to date, 88 deaths have occurred in road accidents within Mysuru city limits, with 50 of those fatalities involving individuals who were driving under the influence of alcohol.

Among the 50 alcohol-related deaths, a significant number were self-accidents where drivers crashed their vehicles into road medians, walls and pillars. Of the 88 total deaths, eight involved double fatalities — two people in the same vehicle — and one incident where three individuals were killed in a single vehicle.

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