8 killed, 10 injured in AP road mishap

Eight people were killed and ten others injured when their van and a cargo vehicle collided head-on in the district today, police said.

The victims were proceeding in the mini van to Penukonda, about 70 km from here, to attend a marriage when their vehicle and the cargo van collided at Sattarupalli.

Under the impact, the mini van overturned, killing six people on the spot, a police official said.

Two others succumbed to injuries in hospital.

In all, 22 people from Lakkasanipalli and L Timmapuram villages were travelling in the van when the mishap occurred as the driver tried to overtake a two-wheeler, police said.

The injured had been admitted to hospitals in Penukonda and here.

Penukonda MLA Parthasarathi visited the injured.

He said the families of the deceased covered under the the Prime Minister's social security insurance scheme PMJJBY coupled with a state government initiative would get Rs five lakh each while the others Rs two lakh as ex-gratia.