Three die in road mishap

Ongole: Three people were killed in a road mishap at Chadalavada in Naguluppalapadu mandal in Prakasam district. An auto in which four passengers of Pothavaram village in Naguluppalapadu mandal were travelling hit an RTC bus which was coming in opposite direction here on Friday when the driver tried to overtake it.

One of the passengers, Battula Lingamma (50), was killed on the spot, while two others, Gunji Ashok (19) and Shaik Dujan, breathed their last while undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences here. The other passenger Sateesh Babu and driver Yogaiah were severely injured and undergoing treatment at RIMS here.