Five people were killed in three separate accidents near Chautuppal on NH-65 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada) on Saturday and Sunday in undivided Nalgonda district.
Two accidents took place around the same spot near Lingojigudem on Saturday, police said. In the first accident, a father-son duo riding a motorcycle was hit by a four-wheeler, resulting in the immediate death of 45-year-old V. Sailu, the father. They were on their way from Sunakanapalli to Manchala village.
Two other youths riding a motorcycle were also hit by a vehicle. Both Cherukuri Sairam and Chenagoni Sathish, who worked in a pharmaceutical company in Velimenedu, died on the spot, police said.
The third accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when an Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation bus rammed into an SUV while trying to take a turn on the highway near Dharmojigudem.
Two persons – V. Chandu, 23, and C. Sai Prudhvi Raj, 28, died instantly and five others were injured, who were shifted to a private hospital in LB Nagar for emergency care. Police said the bus belonged to Machilipatnam depot and a case was registered against the driver.
Meanwhile, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hyderabad issued a statement regarding the Dharmojigudem accident and said that both the victims were its Bajrang Dal workers. The victims were from Malkajgiri and Jiyaguda respectively.
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