Two killed as truck crashes into autorickshaw

Two persons were killed and three others injured when a speeding truck rammed into an autorickshaw on national highway near NAD Junction in wee hours today, police said.

The mishap occurred at around 4:30 AM when the driver of the speeding vehicle, laden with clay, lost its control and hit a traffic police post before falling on the stationary autorickshaw, said Kancharapalem police inspector (traffic) Malla Vishnu.

The deceased were identified as M Ashok Kumar (38), resident of Marripalem area in the city and B Madhusudhan Rao (30).

Three others, including driver of the auto-rickshaw and passengers sitting in the rickshaw, were admitted to KG Hospital.