11 die, 15 hurt in 2 separate Andhra Pradesh accidents

VIJAYAWADA: Eleven people were killed in two separate accidents in Nellore and Krishna districts in the early hours of Sunday. At least 15 people were injured in both incidents.
Eight people died after a tempo traveller rammed into a parked truck along the NH 16 near Damaramadugu village under Butchireddypalem mandal in Nellore. The mishap occurred around 2 am.
While in the other accident that occurred at around 12.30 am at Vadlamannadu village under Gudlavalleru mandal in Krishna district, three people died, and nine others were injured after their auto rammed into a truck whlile overtaking.tnn
In the accident in Nellore, there were 15 people, including the driver, when the tempo heading to Chennai hit the truck. While seven people died on the spot, another person died while being shifted to hospital. Butchireddypalem inspector B Suresh Babu said that the passengers in tempo traveller hail from Chennai. They hired the vehicle after coming to Nellore. After visiting Raghavendra Swamy Temple, Brahmamgari Matham and Srisailam, they headed back home in the same tempo traveller.
Suresh Babu said the primary cause of the accident appears to be that the driver might have fallen asleep. The truck was parked at the extreme left side of the road near a fuel station. Drowsiness of the driver coupled with low visibility due to thick fog might have caused the accident, he said.
The deceased were identified as Nanda Kumar (67), Maniratnam Jagadeesh (29), Saikrishnan Sujatha (50), Vasanth Asha (60), Damaramadugu Revathi (60) Subramanyam Sadgunadevi, Nandakumar Padmini, all from Chennai. The driver, Nallapureddy Gurunadh Reddy (36), was a resident of Kamalapudi under Manubolu mandal of Nellore district.
In the other accident in Krishna district, Gudlavalleru SI D Surya Srinivas said 12 people from Jinjeru village were heading to Pachubotlapalem for paddy harvesting work. While the exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, it appears that the auto driver misjudged while overtaking the truck ahead of him and rammed into it. The impact was on the left corner of the truck. The driver of the truck is absconding and the auto driver was not able to speak. The injured were shifted to Machilipatnam government hospital.
The deceased were identified as M Sivasankar Rao (60), Jannu Nancharaiah (53) and Jannu Venkateswara Rao (41). They were all residents of Jinjeru village under Pedana mandal.
Cases have been booked under Sections 304 (A) and 337 of IPC and further investigation is on.