In a gory road mishap, four persons of the same family were killed on the spot, and ten others received grievous injuries, four of them critically, when a 12-seater tempo vehicle collided with a parked lorry at Bullasamudram village of Madakasira mandal of Sri Sathya Sai district on the NH-44 in the early hours of Saturday (December 21, 2024).
According to the Madakasira police, a group of people from a village from K.N. Palle village of Gudibanda mandal of the district were returning from Tirumala after darshan. Around 5:30 a.m., their vehicle hit the rear of a parked lorry at a high speed. Ironically, their native place was about 40 km from the accident site.
The deceased were identified as Ratnamma (69), her daughter Prem Kumari (30), her son-in-law Manoj (30 – driver), and her granddaughter Antarva (2).
The ten injured, all related to each other, were rushed to the Government Hospital at Madakasira and were later shifted to private hospitals in Hindupur and Bengaluru. Four of them were said to be in critical condition.
The police suspect that the driver might have caused the accident due to sleepiness.
Minister S. Savitha, who hails from Sri Sathya Sai district, spoke to the police and district officials about the accident and directed the concerned officials to extend quality medical care to the injured.
Superintendent of Police V. Ratna and senior police officials rushed to the spot and later called on the injured at the hospital in Madakasira.
The police registered a case and took up further investigation.
Published – December 21, 2024 12:37 pm IST