Four dead in Andhra car accident

Naveen S Garewal

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, March 2

Four people travelling by car were killed on the spot when they hit a lorry on NH 44, near the Kia Motors Limited factory outside Penukonda town in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

The victims were travelling in a car with Karnataka registration plate and were residents of Bengaluru and New Delhi.

Police said the accident occurred at around 2 am on Tuesday. The victims were travelling from Yashwantpura in Bengaluru and were heading towards Kurnool. The car, which was speeding, hit the lorry from behind.

The deceased have been identified as Manoj Mittal, 38, Mohammed Alam, 30, and two women—Kanchal Singh and Rekha, both in their late twenties. Manoj hailed from Bengaluru’s Yashwantpura, while the others are believed to be from New Delhi. The bodies will be handed over to the relatives after the postmortem.

According to Penukonda Circle Inspector Sree Hari “The lorry driver suddenly moved the vehicle to the right and applied the break, following which the car collided with the lorry from the left side.”

The driver of the lorry absconded after the accident, he said and added that a case had been registered against the lorry driver for driving in the wrong lane.