Andhra Pradesh: Six Killed, 20 Injured In Road Accident In Chittoor District

According to Puthalapattu police, a group of 26 people from Balijapalli in Irala mandal were travelling in a tractor late on Wednesday to attend a wedding.

Six people were killed on the spot when the overloaded tractor turned turtle near Lakshmayyavuru in Puthalapattu mandal.

Source : ABP Desam

Six persons were killed and twenty others sustained injuries after the tractor in which they were travelling turned turtle near Lakshmayyavuru in Puthalapattu Mandal of Chittoor district on the late hours of Wednesday.

According to Puthalapattu police, a group of 26 people from Balijapalli in Irala Mandal were travelling in a tractor late on Wednesday to attend a wedding. Six people were killed on the spot when the overloaded tractor turned turtle near Lakshmayyavuru in Puthalapattu Mandal.

The deceased include three women and two children. The deceased were identified as Vasanthamma, 50, Surendra Reddy, 52, Reddemma, 31, Teja, 25, Vineesha, 3, and Deshika, 2.

When the Puthalapattu police learned of the accident, they rushed to the scene and transported the injured to the SVRR government general hospital in Tirupati and the CMC hospital in Vellore.

Earlier in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, a speeding truck jumped over the road divider and rammed into another truck approaching in the opposite direction on National Highway 16, resulting in the deaths of four people. The accident happened at Prathipadu, police said.

The two truck drivers and a cleaner were killed on the spot after the collision caused a fire in one of the cabins. Another person succumbed to burns in a hospital while undergoing treatment, the police said. The two trucks were gutted in the incident. Over-speeding was prima facie the cause of the accident, they said.

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