Six dead, 4 injured in road accident in Andhra's Guntur

Six people died while four were injured after a car lost balance and fell down in the roadside canal near Pulladigunta village, police said on Sunday.

"The accident took place when a group of relatives were returning from Kakumanu village after attending a function there. When they reached Pulladigunta at 3.30 PM; the car lost balance and fell down in the canal roadside," Vatticherukuru Police Station Sub Inspector Sivakrishna Reddy said.

"While five people died on the spot, a person died at the Guntur Government Hospital," he said.

The injured were admitted to Guntur Government Hospital for treatment.

The police said that it might be a case of over speeding and a case will be filed after the completion of legal formalities.