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Friday, Feb 10, 2006

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Two charred to death as car, tanker collide

Staff reporter

KHAMMAM: Two persons were charred to death as a car and a tanker containing liquefied petroleum gas went up in flames after a head-on collision near Mandalapadu village on the Khammam-Rajahmundry road on Thursday. The car was burnt completely. The body of the person driving the vehicle was beyond recognition. So was the case with the body of a woman who was travelling in the tanker. The tanker driver suffered severe burns and was admitted to hospital.

He was identified as Kannipalli Appala Naidu of Bandudi village in Vizianagaram district

Fire tenders and the police put out the fire.

The tanker was on its way from Hyderabad to Rajahmundry. Sathupalli DSP Krishnamurthy visited the scene. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded and traffic was cleared by the police only at 5 p.m.

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