Hyderabad: Eight persons were killed in a ghastly accident on Outer Ring Road near here, police said on Wednesday. A Tavera was crushed between two vehicles due to a collision at a toll gate late Tuesday night at Suthariguda in Medchal mandal of Ranga Reddy district.

The accident occurred when the Tavera stopped to pay toll and a DCM hit it from rear side. Such was the impact of the collision that the Tavera was completely crushed between DCM and a 18-tyre heavy truck waiting ahead of it.