Hyderabad: Five people were killed and five others injured when a speeding car hit an auto-rickshaw on Monday in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district, around 90 kilometres from state capital Hyderabad, police said.
The accident occurred near Lingala area. According to the police, a group of 10 women were in the auto-rickshaw and were on their way to a market in Hyderabad when the car, coming from the opposite direction, rammed into the three-wheeler.
The injured were shifted to hospitals in Ibrahimpatnam and Hyderabad.
In a similar accident on Sunday, 14 women agriculture workers and a boy were killed when a tractor carrying them plunged in a canal in Yadadri district.
According to Road Safety and Railway Authority of Telangana, the number reduced by 9 per cent during 2017. Most of the accidents were caused by driver negligence.
The accident occurred near Lingala area. According to the police, a group of 10 women were in the auto-rickshaw and were on their way to a market in Hyderabad when the car, coming from the opposite direction, rammed into the three-wheeler.
The injured were shifted to hospitals in Ibrahimpatnam and Hyderabad.
In a similar accident on Sunday, 14 women agriculture workers and a boy were killed when a tractor carrying them plunged in a canal in Yadadri district.
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According to Road Safety and Railway Authority of Telangana, the number reduced by 9 per cent during 2017. Most of the accidents were caused by driver negligence.
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