10 from Prakasam district die in road accident in Chhattisgarh

Kanigiri: In a fatal road accident that took place a tRajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, 10 people from Prakasam district died and fourwere severely injured on Sunday morning. While nine persons died on the spot, one person died on the way to hospital.  

The victims belong to the same family and migrated to Bhilai in Chhattisgarh from Hanumantunipadu, CS Puram, Marripudi and Veligandlamandals in Prakasam district. To participate in the Dasara festival, the family went to seek blessings of the deity at Bamaleswari Devi temple in Dongargarh on Saturday and they were returning to Bhilai. Their speeding car hit a truck in the morning at Rajnandgaon and nine people including driver died on the spot while four others  sustained severe injuries. One person died on the way to the hospital.

The local police identified the deceased persons as Chetti Venkata Lakshmi, Chetti Manju from Papayipalli in Veligandlamandal, PapabattiniMangaiah, Papabattini Anusha, Savitri, KudaliAdinarayana of Venkannakunta of Chandrasekhara Puram mandal, Venkaiah, Vijay Kumar, Bhavishya, and Nagamani of Garlapenta of Marripudimandal. The injured persons are Chittibabu, Venkateswarlu, Mahendra  anda five-year-old boy from the family. 

The relatives and family members from the Hanumantunipadu, CS Puram, Marripudi and Veligandlamandals received information about the death of their people on Sunday evening and they started to Bhilai.