Six killed in road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district

TIRUPATI: Six persons were killed in a ghastly road accident reported near Srikalahasti in Tirupati district on Sunday.According to the local police, a group of seven persons from Vijayawada were on a pilgrimage to various shrines in Tirupati district.The group of devotees were heading to the Srikalahasti temple on Sunday morning when a speeding truck rammed into their car in a head-on collision near Mitta Kandriga village.The impact of the accident was so severe that the front portion of the vehicle got completely smashed up and got jammed with the truck.While six persons died on the spot, one survivor was immediately rushed to the local government hospital for treatment.The deceased were identified as Narasimha Murthy, Ramesh, Rajya Lakshmi Sri Latha, Akshaya and Venkata Ramanamma, all residents of Vijayawada. The survivor was identified as Bharat.Police registered a case and shifted the bodies of the deceased for postmortem to Tirupati. Meanwhile, former Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed anguish over the accident which claimed six lives. He appealed to the state government to extend appropriate support to the bereaved family.