Six members of a family, including three women, were killed on the spot when the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided with a truck in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district on Friday, the police said.
The deceased included 20-year-old Prameela, for whose marriage the family members were going to Narasampet for shopping. The others who were killed in the accident were identified as: the bride’s mother Kalyani, elder brother Pradeep, uncle Prasad, cousin Divya and auto driver Ramu (who is also related to the family). The age of the victims is yet to be ascertained, the police said.
The incident happened at Marrimitta village of Gudur block at around 11 am, when the victims, belonging to Errakunta hamlet, were travelling from their village in an autorickshaw to Narsampet for shopping to purchase clothes for a wedding in their family, Gudur inspector of police Ch Raji Reddy said.