MAJOR road accident in Andhra: Newly married couple of five family members killed in Nandyala district

Tragic news struck Andhra Pradesh’s Nandyala district as a major road accident claimed the lives of five family members, including a newlywed couple.

Nandyala: Five members of a family, including a newlywed couple, were killed in a road accident in Nandyala district on Wednesday morning when the car they were traveling in hit a parked truck. The accident took place on the national highway near Nallagatla in Allagadda mandal. Nandyala district superintendent of police (SP) K Raghuveera Reddy said the family was returning from a visit to a temple in Tirupati and the accident took place at Nallagatla village around 5.15 am on Wednesday. “A truck driver stopped his vehicle to answer the call of nature and when he had just stepped out, a hatchback rammed him from behind, leading to the instant death of the five people,” Reddy told PTI.

The couple got married on February 29 and the family belonged to Alwal area in Secunderabad. Balakiran and Kavya, who were married a week ago, were killed in the crash. Balakiran’s mother Manthri Laxmi and father Manthri Ravinder and younger brother Uday were also murdered.

Police said the accident took place around 5.15am when the driver of the car failed to notice the truck parked on the roadside.

After the accident, police called from the mobile phone of one of the victims to inform their relatives, and took the bodies to a local hospital.

All five occupants of the car died on the spot. The family hailing from Hyderabad was returning home from Tirupati after ‘darshan’ at the Tirumala temple.