Seven people were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's YSR Kadapa district on Monday, while eight others sustained grievous injuries. According to the IANS report, the accident occurred when the SUV in which they were travelling collided with a truck on the Kadapa-Tadipatri highway near the Chitravati bridge in Kondapuram Mandal early this morning.
The victims were returning in a vehicle after paying obeisance at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati. The Jeep collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction. While seven people died on the spot, eight others were injured.
The deceased and injured hailed from Tadipatri in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district and Bellary in neighbouring Karnataka. The victims included women and children.
Since the accident occurred in darkness, police had a tough time rescuing the victims. The injured were initially rushed to a hospital in Tadipatri and later shifted to Anantapur.
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Techie Killed In Road Accident In Hyderabad
A software engineer was killed and his two friends were injured in a road accident in Hyderabad on Sunday while trying to search their destination on Google Maps after they had lost their way. The accident occurred on the PVNR Expressway when the trio on their motorcycle was returning after realising that they were heading in the wrong direction, IANS reported.
MHNVS Charan (22), working for a leading IT firm at Pocharam, was killed in the accident on Sunday night. He was riding in the vehicle with his two friends riding pillion.
Hailing from a village in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Charan was employed at a leading IT firm in Pocharam, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. He and his friends were staying in a township nearby. On the weekend, nine friends on three motorcycles came to the city.
According to the police, the trio went to see the new Secretariat and the recently installed statue of Ambedkar. After spending some time at Tank Bund, they decided to go to Cable Bridge. Since they were not familiar with the city, they opened Google Maps on their phones to reach the destination. Charan headed towards Mehdipatnam and took the PVNR Expressway without apparently realising that two-wheelers were prohibited on this stretch.
After covering two to three kilometres on the Expressway, the trio realised that they were heading in the wrong direction. Charan turned his bike to get down a ramp at Pillar Number 82. However, a car hit the bike.
Charan sustained critical injuries and was shifted to a private hospital, where he succumbed on Sunday. His two other friends sustained minor injuries.