Rangareddy District Court Public Prosecutor Anand Rao and his 12-year-old son were killed in a road mishap at Thallampadu in Khammam district late on Tuesday night.
According to inspector Naresh Reddy, the mishap occurred when the 45-year-old public prosecutor was on his way to attend the funeral of his relatives. The car in which Rao and his family were travelling was hit by a speeding lorry coming from the opposite direction. The public prosecutor and his son were killed on the spot.
4 members of his family including wife Jyothi (42), daughter Anusha (14), mother-in-law Goppamma (60) and brother-in-law Ravi (35) received injuries in the mishap.
Police reached the spot on getting information and shifted the victims to hospital for autopsies.
A case has been registered under section 304-A IPC. Attempts are on to nab the absconding lorry driver.