ANANTAPUR: In a road accident on NH-7 near Kalluru village of Garladinne mandal in the wee hours of Thursday, three persons were burnt alive and one more succumbed to serious injuries at the hospital here. Of the four killed, three belonged to a family.

According to the police, Muralikrishna (41) a software engineer working in Visakhapatnam, his wife Bhavani (35), son Avinash (17) and daughter Taradevi (11) were travelling in a car from Hyderabad to Anantapur when the mishap took place.

The driver of their Tata Indica car, Hari (30) apparently shut his eyelids for a split second to ward off sleep as the vehicle was nearing Kalluru.

He obviously lost control as the car swerved across the road to the right and rammed into a Tata Safari coming in the opposite direction. The Indica's fuel tank hit the ground as the car fell sideways and burst into flames instantly.

Fuel tank up in flames

Mahabub and Mallikarjuna who were travelling in the Tata Safari tried to rescue the persons caught in the car.

By the time they could pull out the son and daughter of Muralikrishna, the car went up in flames preventing further rescue of the other inmates.

As a result, Muralikirshna, his wife and the driver got charred to death.

Garladinne highway patrol police immediately rushed the injured children to the General Hospital here, where the girl succumbed to her injuries.

The boy is being treated for injuries, which are not fatal.

Muralikrishna was supposed to be picking up his father enroute to Tirupati to attend his nephew's marriage.

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