Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) At least seven persons have been killed in three separate road accidents in Telangana on Thursday, police said.

In the first incident, three people were killed in Medchal Malkajgiri district near Hyderabad when a speeding car rammed into a divider before hitting a truck coming from the opposite direction. Three people belonging to the same family were killed in the accident that occurred between Turkapally and Muraharipally.

The car was coming to Hyderabad from Karimnagar. The driver apparently lost control and hit the divider. The car overturned and rolled onto the other side of the road, hitting a truck coming from the opposite direction.

In a separate incident, three people were killed in Jangaon district in Telangana. The accident occurred on the Hyderabad-Warangal national highway when a lorry rammed into a mini truck that had stopped due to a tyre puncture. According to police, the accident occurred when a Tata Ace mini-truck driver, a cleaner and another person were repairing the vehicle near Nellutla in Lingalaghanpur mandal.

While one person died on the spot, two others succumbed at a hospital later. The deceased youths have been identified as Rohith, Rajender and Madhu. Rohith, who runs a kirana shop in Devuruppala mandal in Jangaon mandal, along with Madhu of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, was bringing groceries for his shop in the mini-truck from Hyderabad.

When they reached near Nellutla, the mini-truck suffered a tyre puncture. All three got down to repair the puncture when a lorry coming from behind rammed into the vehicle. Rohith, the mini-truck driver, Madhu and cleaner Rajender died in the accident.

In another accident, a man was killed when a lorry hit his bike in Vikarabad district. The accident occurred near Chiguralpalli in Parigi mandal. The deceased was identified as Javed Pasha (30) of Mominkalan in the same district.

Telangana State Home Department Principal Secretary Shikha Goel said on June 10 that 8,000 people die every year in road accidents in the state, with a majority of accidents taking place on rural roads.

–IANS

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