Hyderabad, May 31: Nine persons, including four pilgrims, were killed and seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Kurnool and Prakasam districts today, police said.
A child was among five persons killed when the bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry near Krishnaraopet village under Pamulapadu mandal of Kurnool district early this morning, they said.
“The deceased include four occupants of the bus and the lorry driver,” police said.
In another incident, four pilgrims returning to Guntur district from Tirupati were killed and seven others injured when their car hit a stationary lorry at a village in Prakasam district, a police officer told PTI over phone.
Three persons, including a woman, died on the spot while another succumbed to injuries on way to hospital. The condition of seven injured was stated to be stable, police said.
–Agencies