Five persons of a family from Hyderabad died in a ghastly road mishap in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck.
The incident happened around 5 a.m. on March 6 near Nallagatla under Allagadda Rural police limits, when the car bearing the registration number TS 08 GE 1680 collided with a truck parked on the roadside, proceeding towards Hyderabad.
The family comprising Mantri Ravinder, his wife Lakshmi, son Bala Kiran, daughter-in-law Kavya Sri and driver Ashok died on the spot in the accident. The Secunderabad residents were on a pilgrimage to Tirupati after the recent marriage of Bala Kiran and Kavya Sri at Tenali, followed by wedding reception at Shamirpet (Hyderabad) on Mar 3.
The car was reduced to a mangled metal mass due to the high-impact of the collision. Policemen rushed to the spot and got entangled vehicles off the road and restored traffic on the busy national highway.