11 hurt in car accident on NH-65 near Suryapet

Hyderabad: A road accident on National Highway-65 at Suryapet resulted in injuries to 11 persons, including three children, on Saturday night.
According to Chevvemla police, at around 9 pm, a car travelling from Kukatpally to Tadepalligudem town in Andhra Pradesh, hit a buffalo, crashed past the safety railing and landed on the side of the road on a patch of open land at Tirumalgiri in Chivvemla mandal.
“Eleven persons including eight adults and three children were in the vehicle. They were travelling to attend the funeral of a relative. Of the 11 people, nine persons suffered severe injuries and three of them are in critical condition. The injured were rushed to nearby hospital in Suryapet for treatment,” Suryapet Rural police said. A case was registered under section 337 of the Indian Penal Code. TNN