Seven persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Visakhapatnam and Guntur districts of the state today, police said
Vijayawada: Seven persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Visakhapatnam and Guntur districts of the state today, police said.
Four persons travelling in a jeep, including its driver, were killed and three others injured in Paderu agency area in Visakhapatnam district when the vehicle rammed into a tree on a ghat road, they said.
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In all, 20 persons were travelling in the jeep when it hit the tree trying to avoid a collision with a two wheeler, police said, adding the injured have been admitted to a hospital in Paderu.
In another major accident, a private bus rammed into a stationary lorry at Piduguralla town in Guntur district this morning killing three persons, including two elderly sisters, while nine other passengers sustained injuries and were shifted to a hospital in Narsaraopet.
The bus was on its way to Nellore from Hyderabad, police said.
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