Five of a Hyderabad family perish in ghastly road mishap in Nandyal district
The Hindu
Tragic road accident in Nandyal claims lives of five family members from Hyderabad, leaving car mangled beyond recognition.
Five persons of a family from Hyderabad died in a ghastly road mishap in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck.
The incident happened around 5 a.m. on March 6 near Nallagatla under Allagadda Rural police limits, when the car bearing the registration number TS 08 GE 1680 collided with a truck parked on the roadside, proceeding towards Hyderabad.
The family comprising Mantri Ravinder, his wife Lakshmi, son Bala Kiran, daughter-in-law Kavya Sri and driver Ashok died on the spot in the accident. The Secunderabad residents were on a pilgrimage to Tirupati after the recent marriage of Bala Kiran and Kavya Sri at Tenali, followed by wedding reception at Shamirpet (Hyderabad) on Mar 3.
The car was reduced to a mangled metal mass due to the high-impact of the collision. Policemen rushed to the spot and got entangled vehicles off the road and restored traffic on the busy national highway.