Six persons, including an autorickshaw driver, were killed and two others seriously injured when a lorry rammed an autorickshaw on the National Highway 563 at Yellanda village, in Wardhannapet mandal of Warangal district on Wednesday morning.
The speeding lorry hit the autorickshaw from the wrong side, killing three occupants of the ill-fated vehicle on the spot. “Three others succumbed to the injuries on the way to a hospital,” sources said.
The deceased were identified as Battu Srinivas, 42, the autorickshaw driver and a resident of Warangal; Kureri Suresh, 50, honey seller; Jaboth Kureri, 25; Amith, 20; Nithin, 20; and Rupchand, 35; all natives of Jaipur in Rajasthan.
