Four minors were killed on the spot and four others, including two minors, sustained serious injuries, when a dumper lost control and ploughed into a soft drink kiosk, late on Sunday night at SVR Colony, near Darji Colony Junction under Anakapalli rural police station limits.
The dead have been identified as M. Jatin Siddhartha (9), B. Sunil (12), B. Sai (14) and Rajamahendra Navin Babu (17). The injured are P. Govind (23), A. Pravin (23), Sai Swaroop (15) and Lova Raju (17).
According to Anakapalli DSP Purushottam, the dumper lost its control and went off the road to mow down the youth who had come to the kiosk to drink aerated soft drinks. All the dead and injured are said to be friends from the Darji Colony.
Three of the injured were shifted to NRI Hospital in Visakhapatnam and one is undergoing treatment at Anakapalli area hospital.
Published - April 13, 2015 04:05 pm IST