Adilabad, May 27: In a ghastly road accident 35 people including 16 women and 10 children were killed and 20 others critically injured when the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) in which they were returning after the marriage collided with a gravel-ladened tipper near Donnabanda tonight.
The LCV which was packed beyond its capacity carrying more than 70 people of Kothur village of Luxxetipet mandal when the accident happened while they were returning after the marriage reception at Ramapuram.
The injured have been hospitablised at the Manchirial government hospital about 60 kms from here. Condition of some stated to be critical indicating that the death toll could go up. The accident site was splattered with blood and presented a gory scene, eyewitnesses said.
The LCV was en route to Kothur and tipper was proceeding to Manchirial.
——-Agencies