Three women die as auto rams into a lorry in Prakasam district

Ongole: Three women have died in a road mishap in Prakasam district when an auto-rickshaw in which they are travelling hit a stationary lorry near Naguluppalapadu on Saturday.

According to the Ongole Rural CI P Subbarao, fourteen women passengers boarded an auto-rickshaw with registration number AP27 TX 0016 at Chinaganjam to travel to Ongole in the morning. The women sell guava in Ongole by bringing the fruits from Chinaganjam and nearby villages. The auto hit a tipper lorry with registration number AP27 TU 3524 belongs to BSCPL parked on the road at Gollavanikunta village between Uppugunduru and Naguluppalapadu from the backside. A woman, N Akka Nagamma, aged 45 years and native of Chinaganjam died on the spot, while two other severely injured women Odugu Govindamma, aged 45 years and V Chenchamma, aged 58 years breathed their last in the hospital. The locals and police shifted the other injured five women to RIMS Ongole for treatment.

The police booked a case on the auto driver for negligent driving and another case on the lorry driver for parking the vehicle on the road and causing the accident.