14 dead, 4 injured in traveller van-truck collision in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool

14 dead, 4 injured in traveller van-truck collision in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool

Fourteen people, including eight women and a child, were killed and four others injured when a tempo traveller van-truck collided in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on February 14.

The incident took place in Hyderabad-Bengaluru national highway (NH-44).

The van, which was carrying 18 people, hit the road divider at a high speed, jumped over the divider and collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on the other side of the road.

The deceased include eight women, five men and a minor.

The injured were shifted to hospital.

Following the collision, the van was crushed under the wheels of the truck and was dragged for a few metres before coming to a halt.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of 14 people in the road accident.

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