HYDERABAD: A couple and their friend died in a freak accident in Nalgonda on Sunday morning while the couple’s four-year-girl survived with minor injuries. Minutes later, two more deaths were reported about 200 metres away from the spot when a car they were travelling in crashed into a lorry stuck in the traffic jam caused by the first accident.
The accident took place at Muthyalammagudem National Highway 65 of Kattangur mandal in Nalgonda district in the early hours of Sunday, sources said.
“Kadiri Gopal Reddy, 31, along with his wife Rachana, and their four-year-old daughter, all natives of Itha Rajupalem of Cheemakurthi mandal in Prakasam district, were heading to their hometown from Rajasthan over the weekend along with their friend Prashanth, 24, native of Nuziveedu in Krishna district. The car they were travelling in hit a transport container when they tried to overtake a lorry. Prashanth, who was driving, lost control over the wheels, and the car turned turtle,” sources said, adding that while the two men succumbed on the spot, Rachana died while undergoing treatment in a private hospital at Narketpally.
The four-year-old girl, Riyansi, who was sitting in the back of the car with her mother, survived the accident with minor injuries. The police informed their extended family about the mishap.
Meanwhile, in the second accident, K. Vinay Kumar, 21, and P. Shiva Prasad, 23, residents of Hyderabad, died on the spot. “The first accident created a traffic jam and as the cops were clearing the damaged vehicles from the spot using a crane, a speeding car, driven by Vinay Kumar, hit a lorry that was stuck in the traffic jam.
“They were going to Suryapet from Hyderabad. Both of them died on the spot. The bodies of all victims were shifted to the government hospital, Nakrekal, for post mortem. The Kattangur police filed a case and took up the investigation,” the police said.
