A road accident in Adilabad town on Monday claimed the lives of two sisters, who were students of Teacher Training Certificate course at the District Institute of Educational Training (DIET).
The victims, identified as Sk. Shazia (18) and Sk. Safia (19), residents of Khanapur locality in town, were crushed under the rear wheels of a bus, belonging to a local educational institution, on the police club-Ravindranagar road.
Eye-witnesses said Shazia and Safia, who were headed home, fell off a scooter driven by their brother towards Ravindranagar when the two-wheeler hit a speed-breaker.
The two were crushed by the bus coming in the other direction. Shazia was killed on the spot and Safia died while being shifted to RIMS hospital. They were second year students of the Teacher Training Certificate Course at DIET. They were daughters of Sk. Sabir, who worked as an attender at the same institute.