One dead, five injured in a road accident at Gooty
The Hindu
One person died on the spot and five others were injured when the SUV they were travelling on National Highway No. 44 hit a culvert and fell into the road-side drain on Friday morning.
Pamidi Rural Circle Inspector M. Shyama Rao said that the deceased was identified as Srisailam Saikrishna, 25, who was driving the vehicle. The accident took place at 7.40 a.m. opposite GATES College on Gooty outskirts on the Highway while the driver tried to save a dog from coming under the wheels of the vehicle.
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