Two dead, three hurt as car crashes into culvert in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district

VIJAYAWADA: Two persons died on the spot while three others were critically injured after their car lost control and crashed into a culvert in Kovur area in Nellore district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Parlapalli Sudhakar Rao (76) and his daughter-in-law Aparna (35).
According to Kovur station house officer (SHO) Venkateswara Rao, Parlapalli Mahendra and his family were returning to Harinathpura village after admitting his son to a residential school at Tuni town in East Godavari.Eyewitnesses informed the police that the speeding car lost control while approaching ACC Welfare Mandapam in Kovur and fell inside a culvert.
By the time locals tried to rescue the passengers, Sudhakar Rao and Aparna were dead. Upon information, cops reached the spot and managed to bring the three injured persons out of the mangled vehicle and rushed them to a private hospital in Nellore.
Police said the condition of Mahendra, his mother Venkata Sujatha and six-year-old daughter Sisindri is said to be serious.