Two killed, four injured in a road accident near Adoni

Tirupati: Two persons were killed and four others sustained injuries in a ghastly road accident reported near the Siriguppa road junction in the outskirts of Adoni in Kurnool district in the late hours on Tuesday.

Preliminary police investigation revealed that a speeding SUV crashed into a bike at near the Siriguppa junction, leaving 69 year-old Boya Rangamma and 52 year-old Marri Swamy dead on the spot.The duo were residents of Yemmiganur and Holagunda. Four other passengers traveling in the SUV sustained minor to severe injuries as the vehicle flipped over on the tarmac. Adoni police rushed to the spot and shifted the four injured to the local govt hospital and shifted the bodies of the deceased for postmortem.

A case has been formally registered under the relevant sections and is being investigated.The recurrence of severe vehicular crashes on the outskirts of Adoni has raised sharp concerns among local residents regarding road safety and speeding. Barely a month prior to this tragedy, another horrific road mishap on the town’s fringes claimed the lives of four travelers from Karnataka, prompting renewed demands for better highway lighting, speed breakers, and stricter night-time patrolling by law enforcement agencies.