2 killed, 3 injured as car rams into tanker in Hyderabad

Two people of the same family died while three others were injured in a road accident involving after their car rammed into a tanker at Kothur Mandal in Ranga Reddy in the wee hours of Saturday. The condition of two of the injured -- Hamsa Priya and Sharada is said to be critical. Another injured Raghunandan suffered minor injuries.

The deceased were identified as father and son (K Kalyana Chakravarthy and K Satyanarayana.

The police said that the i20 car, in which five persons were travelling collided with the tanker on the NH 44 around 2.30 am. The family from Saidabad in the city and was travelling in the car from Shadnagar after visiting a temple.

"The car which was travelling at a high speed rammed into the tanker which was taking a turn from the highway to go towards the Thimmapur village," said the Kothur police. Passersby informed the police reached the spot and shifted the injured to Osmania General Hospital. A case has been registered by the police.