The mangled mass of the jeep which collided head-on with a truck
near Yerpedu on Tirupati-Srikalahasti highway on Sunday.
Five persons died on the spot and three others seriously
injured in a ghastly collision between a jeep and a truck near Yerpedu
on the Tirupati-Srikalahasti highway on Sunday. Condition of one of the
injured, all rushed to the Government-SVRR General Hospital, Tirupati,
is stated to be critical.
According to the Yerpedu
police, all the deceased, said to be employees of a Chennai-based
software company, Sify Technology, were on their way to Srikalahasti for
darshan after completing their pilgrimage to Tirumala.
The accident scene presented a gory sight with human parts and flesh
strewn all around and blood splattered all over. The lorry after hitting
the jeep, hurtled down the road embankment for some distance and
stopped only after ploughing through a road side farm field. The driver
of the lorry is said to be absconding.
Those
identified as dead are: Karthik, S. Satish, Jayamurthy, Vasimraj and
Sathish (driver of the local jeep hired by the ill-fated pilgrim party.
Tractor overturns
Nalgonda
correspondent writes: Three of the seven tribal labourers travelling in
a tractor carrying electric poles were killed when the vehicle capsized
on the outskirts of Shobanadrigudam in Kodad police limits on Sunday.
The driver was among the three persons injured.
One of them was referred to a hospital in Khammam, the police said.
The victims were identified as Loudia Thavuria (50), Bukya Balu(35) and Bhanot Sreenu(40) of Peekla Naik thanda.
The
accident occurred when the driver switched off the vehicle as the road
was steep. He lost control due to load of electric poles and the tractor
overturned killing the three on the spot.
The post-mortem was conducted at the Kodad Government Hospital. The bodies were handed over to the relatives later.
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