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Andhra Pradesh: Five Killed As Car Rams Into Truck In Prakasam District

The police identified that all five, who were killed in accident belong to the same family

Hyderabad: Five persons were killed in a road accident on the Amaravati-Anantapur National Highway near Cumbam, Prakasam district on Monday. The accident occurred when a car rammed into a truck from the rear.  All five people in the car died on the spot. According to police details, the deceased were on their way to Balaji temple in Tirupati from Macherla.

The deceased were identified as Animi Reddy, 60, Guravamma, 60, Anantamma, 55, Adilaxmi, 58, and Nagi Reddy, 24, of Sigiripadu village in Veldurthi Mandal of Palnadu district.

The locals who noticed the incident immediately responded and reached the spot. Upon receiving the information about the accident, police rushed to the scene and moved the bodies to a nearby government hospital for postmortem.

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The police identified that all five, who were killed in accident belong to the same family. The relatives and kin of the deceased have been informed. Police suspect that overspeeding led to the collision. A case has been registered, and an investigation is underway. 

Earlier on Friday, A fatal road accident occurred in Anantapur of Andhra Pradesh, where a truck ran over two women at Kalvapalli in Belugappa Mandal, leaving them dead on the spot. The police said the deceased had come to see the Peruru reservoir. While they were looking at the project, a truck ran over them, leaving them paralysed.

(With inputs from ABP Desam — It is a Telugu platform of ABP News. For more news, commentary and latest happenings from two Telugu states, follow https://telugu.abplive.com/)

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