Two die as car falls into farm well

Karimnagar: Two persons were killed and two others were injured when the car in which they were travelling fell into an open well at an agricultural land adjacent to the road near Srinivasanagar of Manakondur mandal in the district in the early hours of Monday. According to police, Poornachandar and Pavan died on the spot while their friends Lakshman and Sujith sustained serious injuries in the accident. The injured persons were rushed to a private hospital in Karimnagar. They were undergoing treatment and their condition was said to be critical. The victims were residents of Manakondur town and were working as teachers in a private school. They had attended a marriage party hosted by one of their colleagues on Sunday night and were returning home when the mishap occurred. The four occupants of the ill-fated car were reportedly drunk and the car was moving at high speed. The police pressed a crane into service to take out the car along with the bodies from the agricultural well. The bodies were sent to Government Hospital in Karimanagar for autopsy. The cops registered and took up investigation.