2 of family die in road accident

Vijayawada: A family from Hyderabad’s Miyapur met with an accident near Kanipakam temple in Chittoor district on Wednesday. Two women of the family died on the spot, while three others, including an eight-year-old boy, were grievously injured.
According to the police, the family had planned to visit Tirupati for pilgrimage by road on Tuesday at 4 am and reached Kanipakam outskirts by 4 pm.They planned to visit Kanipakam temple first and later Tirumala. However, when they were a kilometer away from the Kanipakam temple, their driver lost control over the vehicle and the car rammed into a tree. The deceased were identified as Sujatha (35) and Swarnalatha (66).
Sujatha’s husband Kumaraswamy (40), their son Dhanush (8) and Swarnalatha’s husband Subhramanyam (70) were severely injured. The locals shifted the injured and the deceased to the Chittoor government hospital in an ambulance. A case was registered.