Two killed, three injured in early morning accident at Tallada in Khammam district

Two persons were killed when their car rammed into a truck, while three others were critically injured. Poor visibility is suspected to have caused the accident

Khammam: Two persons were killed and three injured grievously in a road accident during early morning hours at Mittapalli in Tallada mandal on Monday.

The incident occurred when a car travelling towards Tallada from Kallur collided with a truck going towards Kallur from Tallada. Two people died on the spot in the accident. It was suspected that poor visibility might have led to the accident.

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Upon receiving the information, Tallada SI (2) Venkatesh and the police immediately reached the scene and shifted three injured persons to Government General Hospital in Khammam for treatment.

The bodies of those trapped and killed in the car were extricated and shifted to the mortuary for post-mortem. The car was reduced to rubble with the impact of the collision. It was said that the people in the car were returning after a pilgrimage to Puri Jagannath Temple in Odisha.

Chillara Balakrishna, the car driver and Rayala Anil, who died in the accident, were from Zaffergadh in Jangaon district. The injured Ajay, Kollipaka Kranthi and Gattu Rakesh were residents of Uppugallu village of Station Ghanpur mandal of the same district, the police said.