West Godavari: 3 Hyderabadis Died In A Road Accident

Hyderabad: Three persons including a child aged around 17 months died and seven others sustained grievous injuries when two cars collided in a freak accident on the National Highway 16 near Bandapuram village in Devarapally Mandal of West Godavari district on Tuesday afternoon, reports reaching here said.

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Those who died in the accident were residents of Hyderabad and were returning home after celebrating the new year in Visakhapatnam, police said.

The victims were on their way from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad in a car and the second car, an Ertiga, was going in the opposite direction towards Rajahmundry from Vijayawada. Reports said one of the tires of the Ertiga blew up and the car jumped over the road divider and rammed into the other car on its way to Hyderabad.

Two persons Divya Priya (25) and Rama Devi (50) died on the spot and an infant aged around 17 months died while being treated at a local hospital in Deverapally. Seven persons in both cars sustained serious injuries. In all, there were seven people in one car and four in the other. A police investigation is on.

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