Six persons including two boys and a 60-year-old woman were killed and two others seriously injured when the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in was hit by a speeding DCM van near Jawaharnagar village on the National Highway 163 in Venkatapur mandal of Mulugu district early Saturday morning.
The deceased including Kausalya, 60, Jani, 23, driver of the autorickshaw, and two other boys hailed from Komatipalli village in Mangapet mandal, police said.
They were killed while returning to their village in the autorickshaw after their overnight stay at the Annaram Sharif dargah in Tadvai mandal.
