4 die, four hurt as truck rams into share-auto

Kakinada: Four persons including two children died in a road accident at Unduru in Samalkotamandal in East Godavari on Saturday. Four persons sustained severe injuries in the mishap. According to sources, eight of a family from Nellore was on their way to visit relatives house at Vakalapudi in Kakinada Rural. They boarded a shared-auto after alighting train at Samalkota.

On reaching Unduru, a truck which was on its way hit the two-wheeler first and later hit the shared-auto from behind and dragged it for some distance. Due to the severe impact, four of the passengers were killed on the spot and another four travelling in the same auto sustained serious injuries.

The injured were shifted to Kakinada government general hospital for medical aid. Deputy Chief Minister NChinarajappa visited the hospital and enquired with the doctors about the condition of the injured. The bodies of all four were shifted to KGGH for post-mortem. The identities of dead are yet to be ascertained. Timmapuram police in Kakinada rural registered a case. Kakinada Rural CI Rambabu is supervising the investigation.