4 killed in separate road mishaps

Kadapa: Four persons were killed, and 16 others were injured in separate road accidents in the district on Thursday. A van carrying marriage party with 18 members from Nanded district in Maharashtra to Tirupati for Lord’s darshan has overturned after its front tyre burst hitting a culvert at Bhumayyapalli village in Khajipet mandal leading to death of M Ganesh (25) and P Lakshminarayana (60) while both were being shifted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). 

Sixteen others received injuries in which health condition of two stated to be critical. In another road mishap, two persons riding on a bike were killed when an unidentified vehicle heading to Tirupati from Kadapa hit their motor cycle near Horticulture University at Anantharajupet village in Railway Kodur mandal. The cops yet to establish the identity of the deceased.