Four persons were killed and five others were injured when a jeep had a head-on collision with a lorry.
The accident occurred near Mancherial in Adilabad district on Sunday. According to the police, the accident occurred when a speeding lorry coming from Mancherial rammed into a jeep coming from the opposite direction. Those travelling in the jeep hailed from Ongole of Prakasam district, and they were returning from a marriage function in Bellampalli.
The impact of the collision was so intense that four people died instantaneously. The injured were admitted to a private hospital in Mancherial, where the condition of one of the injured is said to be critical. (INN)