In a ghastly road accident, seven persons were killed on the spot when two SUVs had a head-on collision near Kommireddipally village in the Addakal police station limits of the Mahabubnagar District on Tuesday morning.
According to the Addakal police, the accident occurred when a Tavera vehicle (MH 26 V 4866) rammed into an Innova ((KL 07 BX 4257) coming from the opposition direction on NH-44.
While the Tavera, carrying pilgrims, was going to Nanded in Maharashtra, the Innova was going to Kerala.
While six passengers of Tavera vehicle died on the spot, one woman travelling in the Innova died instantaneously.
The six Maharashtra victims have been identified as Balraj Jadhav, Raju, Shankar, Muthali Venkat Rao, Sunil Karnekar and Balaji Pothedhar. They were aged between 30 and 40 years, and belonged to Naigaon in the Nanded district.
The passenger of the Innova who died has been identified as Sindhu (38). She was the wife of Faisal, the owner-cum-driver of the Innova which met with the accident.
Faisal and his son Asheem also sustained bleeding injuries.
Kothakota Inspector D Kishan and Addakal Sub-Inspector M Venkateshwarlu rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital at Mahabubnagar for post-mortem. (INN)