Four members of family from Visakhapatnam were killed and another was seriously injured, when the car in which they were travelling rammed a lorry at the highly accident-prone Ithepalle junction on the outskirts of Chandragiri town on the busy Puthalapattu-Naidupeta NH, 12 km, on Friday.
According to the Chandragiri police, the deceased were identified as Sunil Kumar (30) and Swathi (25) and their daughter Shyama Artana (2) and Swati’s brother Prem Kumar (22), all belonging to Sundaraiah Nagar locality of Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam. They were on their way to the Golden Temple at Vellore Tamil Nadu from Tirupati.
While trailing behind a lorry, the car driver reportedly tried to overtake the vehicle at high speed but hit its rear.
