Eluru: Collision between a lorry and a parked tractor resulted in the deaths of two persons and injuries to 18 others in West Godavari’s Jangareddigudem in the early hours of Sunday. Of the injured, the condition of two is said to be critical. According to Jangareddigumdem SI Kutumba Rao, the persons in the tractor were on their way to offer prayers at Gubbala Mangamma temple.
The tractor was part of a convoy of three and had parked by the road, waiting for the other two to catch up. At 4 am, a lorry heading towards Hyderabad from Rajahmundry rammed into the tractor, overturning it and injuring 20 of whom two succumbed. The two who are critical were shifted to Vijayawada for treatment.