Early Saturday morning, five people from one family, including two children, died in a road accident near Kotekal in Yemmiganur Mandal. The crash happened around 4 a.m. Police say two cars collided head-on after one driver reportedly dozed off. Two other people were hurt and taken to the Government Hospital in Adoni. The dead, from Karnataka's Kolar district, were also taken there for post-mortem. Traffic was briefly blocked but later cleared. A police case has been registered for the accident.