Two women sanitation workers died and three others were seriously injured when a speeding car ran over them in Medak district of Telangana on Saturday, police said.
According to a senior police official, the incident happened in Medak town at 5 am when three sanitation workers of Medak Municipality were going to their office when the car ran over the trio and subsequently two women workers of a petrol pump.
A 53-year-old woman municipal worker died on the spot while four women, who were injured in the incident, were shifted to a hospital where another municipal worker aged 55 succumbed to her injuries, police said.
One severely injured woman has been shifted to Hyderabad whereas two other women were undergoing treatment in a hospital in Medak, police said.
A case was registered and the car driver was taken into custody while the vehicle has been seized, police added.
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