On Thursday morning, two men died of electrocution in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh, after their car hit an electric pole. The victims, Sathish (who was driving the car) and Hanumantha Rao, were among the five people who were travelling in the car from Gokavaram to Visakhapatnam, when their car met with the tragic accident near Mallisala village of Jaggampeta mandal.
According to Jaggampeta police, after the car hit the electric pole, the two men got out of the car. They accidentally touched the live power lines that had fallen on the car because of the collapsed electric pole, and were electrocuted. The three other passengers, who were in the back of the car, got out safely, escaped with minor injuries. The car then caught fire. The three injured persons are now safe, police said, and are being treated at the Jaggampeta government hospital.
According to reports, all five persons travelling in the car belonged to the same family. The deceased have been identified as Veerni Hanumantha Rao (56), a resident of Bukka Veedhi in Visakhapatnam, and Mattu Sathish (41), a resident of Faizullabad in Gokavaram, East Godavari district. Hanumantha Rao’s wife Veerni Ramadevi (52) survived the incident, along with Mannem Bhanu (46) and her son Mannem Aditya Kumar (25), who are also residents of Bukka Veedhi.
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