One die, six hurt in two separate road mishaps in Mulugu

A person was killed and two others injured after car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary lorry on the National Highway 163 between Eturunagaram-Tadwai mandal centres in the district in the early hours on Monday.

The deceased was identified as Pothunuri Srinivas (50) and the injured are his daughter and son. The family is a native of Kothapeta village of Mangapet mandal of Mulugu district. The police said that Srinivas had not noticed the parked lorry due to low-visibility because of the fog and rammed his car into the lorry.

The police rushed to the accident spot and shifted injured to a nearby hospital.

In another incident, four people injured when an autorickshaw overturned after hitting the bags of the paddy stocked on the road at Ramanakkapet village of Mangapet mandal in the district and overturned. The injured persons have been shifted to Eturunagaram community health centre (CHC) for treatment.