Two Dead, Several Hurt in Separate Andhra Pradesh Road Incidents

Overview

• Police said a car traveling from Sonepur to Visakhapatnam struck a stationary van near Palavalasa in Srikakulam district, killing patient Balaiah and another passenger and injuring five.
• The injured from the Srikakulam crash were taken to the government hospital in Tekkali, with one patient later shifted to Srikakulam in critical condition.
• Police registered a case in the Srikakulam collision and began an investigation.
• A separate head-on crash between an APSRTC bus and a truck near Gutturu in Penukonda Mandal injured nine, all taken to the Penukonda government hospital, with the critically hurt bus conductor moved to Anantapur.
• In Vijayawada, a car caught fire near the Anjaneyaswamy temple past midnight, and firefighters extinguished the blaze with no casualties reported.