VIJAYAWADA: Nine persons were killed and over 10 others injured in two separate road accidents in
Chittoor
on Friday morning.
An ambulance met with a road
accident
at
Tella Gundlapalli
on the
Bangalore-Tirupati National Highway
in Tavanampally mandal.
The ambulance driver who was sleepy, hit a parked oil tanker. Four persons died on the spot and one man was injured.
The victims hailing from
Orissa
are taking their relative back to their hometown in an ambulance after being treated at Bangalore Victoria Hospital.
In another incident, people from Belgavi in Karnataka were returning home after visiting Tirumala.
Their vehicle collided head-on with a lorry near Matampali Cross on Friday morning. Five persons died on the spot and nine were injured.
