2 killed in accident

June 11, 2017 12:00 am | Updated February 03, 2018 01:35 pm IST - VIZIANAGARAM

Two persons, both residents of Fort Town, were killed on the spot when a two-wheeler they were riding was hit by a speeding truck at K.L. Puram on the NH-36 on Saturday.

They were identified as Lanka Madhu (38), sub-contractor in Vizianagaram Municipality, and K. Verma (50), employee of the civic body. The mishap occurred when they were on way to inspect a drainage under construction.

Superintendent of Police L.K.V. Ranga Rao, and officials from Transport Department visited the accident spot. Bodies were sent to district headquarters hospital for postmortem.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.