Fourteen members of a family on a pilgrimage died and four others injured when their vehicle jumped over the road divider and collided with a truck in Kurnool district on Hyderabad - Bengaluru national highway
The deceased were identified as Renuka, a government teacher working at Gunturpally village of Parthagiri village, Sridhar, a businessman, and an employee of his company.
A vehicle collided head-on with a boulder loaded truck whose driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the divider and slipped towards its right side.
According to the police, the car, in which five persons were travelling crashed into the tanker on the NH 44 around 2.30 am. The family was from Saidabad in the city and was travelling in the car from Shadnagar after visiting a temple.
Since several workers are working in the industry at the time of incident, many workers were caught in the fire. Fire tenders from across the Sangareddy district and Hyderabad were rushed to spot
The victims hailing from Badangpet in Hyderabad were on their way to Navodaya Medical College in Raichur of Karnataka for treatment, when the mishap occurred.
CP gave first aid to a woman voter who was injured after she accidentally slipped and fell at a polling station and also ensured she was given further treatment in hospital
According to the police, five persons were travelling in a car from the city when the car crashed into another vehicle moving ahead of it on the Outer Ring Road.
