Daijiworld Media Network - Yadagiri (SP)

Yadagiri, Feb 21: Eight persons died on the spot and over 50 suffered injuries of varying degrees after a truck carrying fly ash and a passenger tempo collided head-on near Ramasamudra in the taluk on the night of Monday February 20.

The tempo in question was bringing back people who had attended an engagement function when it collided with a huge truck carrying fly ash near Ramasamudra. More deaths are likely as the condition of some among over 50 who were injured in the accident is stated to be critical.

The names of the deceased have been given as Sabanna Manageri (55), Bannappa Ningappa (45), Raheena Peer (12), Vishnu Ramakrishna (16), Laxmithayappa (5), Shankramma Rayappanor (50), and Thippanna Kotraki (60), all from Ganapur village. The tempo driver also died in the accident but his name is yet to be made known.

The entourage was returning to Ganapur village in the tlauk, after attending engagement of Buggappa, son of Sabanna Manageri, when a truck came from the direction of Shaktinagara, Raichur, hit the tempo. The impact of the collision was so hard that people in the tempo were found lying scattered around the place after the accident. The groom is among the injured, while his father, Sabanna, lost his life.

Police personnel rushed to the spot and admitted the injured into the district hospital with the help of locals in ambulances, private vehicles, and KSRTC buses. Some of the critically injured persons were taken to Raichur for treatment. There was rush of visitors in the hospital mainly comprising villagers of Ganapur and the hospital was full of wails of relatives.

Deputy commissioner of the district, Khushboo Goel Choudhary, superintendent of police, Yada Martin Yarbaniang, zilla panchayat president, Basareddy Anapura and municipal president, Shashidhar Reddy Hosalli visited the hospital and consoled the injured and grieving persons.