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The people who met with the accident are from Ullal in Karnataka bordering Kasaragod and were coming back from Palakkad.The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru. The truck apparently lost control after its tyre got burst and hit the jeep, said police, adding that the preliminary enquiry is on to ascertain the exact cause. The victims were taken out of the crumbled vehicle with the help of police and fire brigade KANNUR: Five persons were killed and seven others got injured, four seriously, when a truck lost control and collided with a jeep, in which the victims were travelling in, near Uppala in Kasaragod on Monday morning.The victims include three women, and belong to Karnataka, said police.The mishap happened around 6.30 am when the truck collided head-on with the jeep at Naya Bazar near Uppala on the National Highway ..