1 dead, 4 injured as car hits lorry in Andhra Pradesh

VISAKHAPATNAM: A youth died and four others were injured in an accident at Pendurthi on the six-lane National Highway Anakapalli-Anandapuram in the wee hours of Tuesday when the car in which they were traveling rammed into a moving lorry.


Police found liquor bottles in the car and suspected that they were driving the car under the influence of liquor.

All the five youths were residents of Yanam and surrounding areas.

Dommeti Surya Bhagavan (27), who was driving the car, died on the spot while Revu Pavan Kumar (27), Geddam Suresh (18), U Raj Kumar (28), and Velangi Sai Krishna (28) suffered serious injuries.