Four persons returning from Tirupati were crushed to death in a road mishap at Gullapalli, near Madipadu, on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway in Prakasam district on Sunday. Two others of the family from Krishna district were injured.
The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the car and dashed against a milk tanker at a very high speed while they were returning from Tirumala, police said.
Panduranga Rao, 40, from Meduri village near Vuyyuru, his son Shyam Satyasagar, 10, and brother-in-law Narasimha Rao, 33, and driver V. Sambi Reddy died on the spot as the front portion of the car was smashed in the impact.
Panduranga Rao’s wife and daughter who were seated on the back seat escaped with injuries. They were rushed to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences here for treatment.
