8 killed in road accidents
The Hindu
Car hits lorry caught up in traffic caused by Nalgonda mishap
Eight persons were killed in separate road accidents, one of them a freak mishap in Nalgonda district, on Sunday.
On the outskirts of Mutyalammagudem in Kattangur mandal of Nalgonda district, a couple and their friend were killed when their speeding car hit a container truck ahead and crashed into a roadside tree. The accident led to a huge traffic jam as the woman and her small daughter were still trapped inside the mangled car that led to the police take up a rescue act that took sometime.
A lorry that had halted in the tail end of the traffic jam became the cause of the second accident at the same spot. Another speeding car came and hit the lorry, resulting in the death of Jangam Sivaprasad (23) and Romala Vinay (21) from Hyderabad.