Five devotees injured in road accident

About 10 devotees from Garividi in Vizianagaram district were going to Vijayawada to relinquish their 40-day of Bhavani Deeksha when the accident occurred.

One of the injured was critical and was shifted to Guntur Government General Hospital, Hanuman junction police inspector V Vijaya Rao said.

Four others injured were admitted to Eluru government hospital.

A case has been registered, police added.