For Andhra Pradesh MLA's Family In US, Christmas Zoo Visit Becomes Tragedy

Five of the six killed have been identified as P Nageswara Rao, the MLA's uncle, Seetha Mahalakshmi, Naveena, Kruthik, and a young girl called Nishitha.

Six members of a NRI family from Andhra Pradesh's Amalapuram - they were relatives of a lawmaker from the state's ruling YSR Congress Party - were killed in a traffic accident in Texas in the United States.

The incident occurred in Johnson County on December 26, the day after Christmas, turning a time of joy into one of tragedy.

Those killed were visiting the home of another relative and had gone to the local zoo in the morning. On the way back home, their vehicle, a minivan, was hit by a pickup truck carrying two young people.