A police head constable and his daughter died in a road accident on Sthavanidhi Ghat near Nippani in Belagavi district of Karnataka on October 15.

Pundalik Hatti (50) and his daughter Nikhita Hatti (24) were on a motorbike on a National Highway. On approaching a speed-breaker, Pundalik applied the brake. The drive of a lorry, that was behind the bike, failed to brake in time. The truck rammed into the bike. Pundalik and Nikhita fell off the bike in different directions. They suffered grievous injuries and bled to death on the road, police said.

A case has been registered.