Amaravati, May 26: Four persons were killed and one other injured in a collision between a car and a truck in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Monday, police said.

The accident occurred near Rajamahendravaram Gammon Bridge when a car heading towards Visakhapatnam collided head-on with the truck coming from the opposite direction.

Of the five people travelling in the car, three of them died on the spot while two were injured. One of the injured succumbed while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Rajamahendravaram. The deceased include two women.
The condition of the injured is stated to be critical.

The car was crushed under the impact of the collision.

The victims hailed from Pasivedala village in Kovvur mandal of West Godavari district.

Police arrested the truck driver and the cleaner. The truck apparently lost control and rammed into the car after the air pressure in one of its tires dropped suddenly.

Meanwhile, three people, including two children aged 12 & 4, were electrocuted to death in Srikakulam in a local temple fair. Two others were critically injured.

The incident occurred in Talatampara village of Kanchili mandal during a fair of the village deity. A live wire fell on the participants in the fair, resulting in the death of three of them.

--IANS

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