Six women die as sand-laden truck hits auto

Six women on their way to a temple in a nearby town died in an accident near Modekurru of Kothapet block, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Saturday. A speeding truck rammed the autorickshaw in which 13 passengers were travelling. While five women from Allavaram died on the spot, one more died on the way to hospital. The remaining were rushed to the KIMS hospital in Amalapuram, where their condition is said to be stable.

According to Ravulapalem circle inspector B Peddiraju, the women were on their way to Vadavalli Venkateswara Swamy temple when the accident occurred. Relatives have identified the bodies of of the victims, Pilla Bhavani, Pilla Padmavathi, D Ananthalakshmi, Pulimela Ananthalakshmi, Nagamani and Pilla Durga. The truck that hit the three-wheeler was carrying sand and was moving at a high-speed, eye witnesses said.

The accident occurred a day after the one in Vijayawada that took the lives of three bikers who were hit by an APSRTC bus running without proper brakes. Recently, four Spanish nationals, including a woman, were killed in Chittoor district as the mini-bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck.

DH News Service