Eight people from Karnataka were killed and 12 others injured in the early hours of Thursday when a Bolero carrying around 20 pilgrims from Chikmagalur collided head-on with a ready-mix concrete truck near Chilakaladona village in Yemmiganur mandal, Andhra Pradesh. The group was travelling to the Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Mantralayam (a Hindu pilgrimage town on the Andhra Pradesh–Karnataka border, known for its shrine to the revered Madhva saint Raghavendra Swami). The crash highlights the ongoing dangers of overnight road journeys on poorly lit highways in the region.