Six killed in another road accident in Telangana

Hyderabad, July 18:  Six persons were killed in a road accident in Telangana's Kamareddy district on Monday.

This was the third road accident in Telangana on Monday.

Earlier, three persons were killed and four injured in two separate accidents on National Highway 44 in Nizamabad district.

The latest accident occurred when an autorickshaw came under the wheels of a container truck.

Police said the accident took place on national highway 161 near Mainur village of Madnur mandal (block) of Kamareddy district.

The autorickshaw which was coming in the wrong route from Mainur towards Bichkonda came under the container truck which was on way to Gujarat from Hyderabad.

Six persons travelling in the autorickshaw died on the spot. The truck driver and cleaner were injured.

Police registered a case and took up investigation.