In a gory road mishap, five persons were killed on the spot, and eight others were injured, four of them critically, when a cement-laden lorry ran amock, hitting a stationary truck, a car, and a two-wheeler, at Dharmapuram village of Nagari mandal, close to Tamil Nadu border, 55 km from Tirupati, on Friday afternoon.
According to information, a cement-laden lorry on its way to Chennai hit a stationary truck, and a car and a two-wheeler coming in the opposite direction, besides dashing towards some workers engaged in road-markings.
The impact left five killed on the spot. The deceased included a father and his two sons, and two road workers.
