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Three burnt alive in road accident in A.P.

Staff Reporter

CHOWTUPPAL: Three persons, including a two-year-old boy and his mother, were killed in a road accident when a speeding lorry ran over two motorcycles near Khaitapuram village in Chowtuppal mandal on the National Highway No. 9 on Saturday morning. Two others were also critically injured in the accident.

The lorry carrying a load of onions from Hyderabad to Vijayawada was totally destroyed in the fire that erupted after it hit the motorcycles and dragged them along for over a distance of 70 feet. The impact was such that sparks flew as the motorcycles were dragged and the petrol tanks burst and soon fire engulfed the lorry.

As the morning traffic on the busy highway screeched to a halt and the passengers watched in horror, bodies of three motorcyclists caught fire. The lorry crew have fled. Fire engines brought the fire under control.

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