One person was killed and seven others injured in a road accident that occurred on the national highway at Mocherla in the Gudluru mandal of Nellore district, involving an Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus and a truck on Sunday.
One person was killed, and two others were injured, including MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, on Friday, in a tragic road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore.
According to the police officials, the accident occurred when a car lost control, hit the divider and collided with another car that was coming from the opposite direction, near the Bandapuram flyover in Devarapalli Mandal.
The deceased, identified as Neduri Arun Kumar was coming in the opposite direction and due to the rash driving and negligence of car driver, the bike rider died on the spot, the police said.
To prevent road accidents and other untoward incidents on the eve of New Year, 74 teams of Telangana's Cyberabad Police conducted drunk driving tests across the city, and 1241 persons were caught while driving under the influence of alcohol, and cases were booked against them.
A total of 8 people, all residents of Adityapur, were there in the car at the time of the accident. Five died on the spot while one died during the treatment. Two survivors are critically injured.
Three people were killed after a tipper truck collided with a van near Keela Vallanadu in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, police officials said on Sunday.
With an effort to cultivate a culture of road safety, adherence to traffic rules and responsible behaviour on the roads, the statewide awareness campaign was expected to symbolise the government's commitment to reducing road accidents and safeguarding lives.