Two persons were killed when the car they were travelling in lost control near Munagala on the NH-65 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada) in the district on Sunday. Munagala police identified the victims as Doddapaneni Shivaram, 40, a bank official at Mylavaram, and his 60-year-old mother Swarajya Lakshmi. According to the police, the accident took place around 4.30 p.m., when the car was approaching Munagala on the highway and lost control after hitting the median strip. While the sexagenarian breathed her last at the accident site, her son died while being treated at a hospital near Kodad. According to police, the accident took place around 5.30 a.m. near My Home Abhra when the victim, Y Umesh Kumar of Patigadda, Begumpet, was returning home in an auto rickshaw.

Source: The Hindu June 27, 2021 17:15 UTC