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Six of a family killed in road accident in Suryapet
In a tragic road mishap, six members of a family were killed in an accident near MIT Engineering College in Suryapet district on Friday morning.
Suryapet: In a tragic road mishap, six members of a family were killed in an accident near MIT Engineering College in Suryapet district on Friday morning.
The accident occurred when a speeding lorry hit an auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction. The victims have been identified as Mahboob Basha (38), Afzal Basha (48), Ghousia Begum (40), Mahmooda (35), Maheen (15) and Muskan (12). They met with the accident while returning to their village Chintapalli of Mahbubnagar district after visiting Jan Pahad Dargah in Suryapet.
The accident was so gruesome that four persons were killed on the spot while two out of four injured persons succumbed to injuries at the hospital. The injured were first taken to Huzurnagar Government Hospital and later shifted to Khammam Hospital where two persons are undergoing treatment.
Suryapet District Superintendant of Police Venkateshwarlu, Kodad DSP Sudarshan and Kodad Rural Inspector Ravi and other police officials visited the accident spot.
The injured were immediately shifted to a nearby government hospital with the help of locals present at the spot.
"In the accident, four people died on the spot while four others who were injured were taken to a nearby hospital. Out of the four injured, two are in a critical condition and two are out of danger. It looks like the incident took place because of the negligence driving of the lorry driver," Sudharshan Reddy, DSP, Kodad, Suryapet, said
