Bangalore: A police sub-inspector travelling in the pilot car of Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi, died on the spot, and an armed constable and the driver were injured when a Tamil Nadu lorry rammed into their vehicle on a national highway near Kora in Tumkur district on October 12, police said.

Police said the driver, who received head injuries, was admitted to National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences and the constable to Sanjay Gandhi hospital in Bangalore.

The Governor is safe and proceeded to attend a function at Chitradurga, police said.

PTI