4 of a family sitting around a bonfire mowed down by car

Hyderabad: Four members of a family sitting around a bonfire along the roadside were mowed down by a car. The driver was allegedly in an inebriated condition. The incident occurred at Indiranagar in Pendlimarry mandal of Kadapa district in the wee hours of Monday. The driver too lost his life.

The victims include 3 children, while two others are seriously injured and have been rushed to a hospital in Kadapa.

Locals told that the incident occurred due to speedy driving. The deceased were identified as Bhaskar (28), Giri (14), Karthik (12) and Lakshmi Narasimha (10) and the car driver Brahmananda Reddy (24).