<span style="color: #222222;">Nine persons were killed and 13 injured in a road accident near Baada village near Dharwad in Karnataka today. Three among the dead are children. The accident happened post midnight.<br />''<br />''The Dharwad district Superintendent of Police P Krishnakanth has said that twenty one passengers were travelling in a Tempo Trax  vehicle, and when the driver lost control, it hit a tree on the road side near Benakatti village.  The injured have been admitted to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences in Hubballi.</span><br />