Thalamadugu Sub-Inspector Dhanashri said 18 passengers and two drivers received injuries when the four-wheeler coming from Nanded of Maharashtra to Adilabad hit the van on the outskirts of Sunkidi village at 4 am.
P. Dhanunjay (35), was proceeding on his motorcycle with his wife and two children from his relative’s house in Ghatkesar towards Uppal when the mishap occurred in the morning.
The victims, residents of the old city of Hyderabad, went to Karnataka. On their way back home, they met with an accident. The deceased were identified as Mohd Munawar and Fathima.
The victim A Meghansh, who was pursuing B. Tech second year from college was going in a car along with his friends Sai Manas, Charan Reddy and Arnav when the incident happened.
Following the accident on Wednesday evening, the family has decided to stop the marriage that was scheduled on Thursday morning. Depressed over the decision, the elderly man Songa Pentaiah (65) has ended his life.
While two persons died on the spot, the third breathed his last while being shifted to hospital. Construction masons Venu, Srikanth and Venkatesh died in the accident.
According to the police, the teenager B Sai Lokesh took the bike of his father and was driving on Banjara Hills Road when he lost control over it and hit an electricity pole.
Seven individuals sustained injuries in an accident on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway near Kothakota, where a speeding car lost control and collided with a roadside tree.