Hyderabad:

Six members of an NRI household from Andhra Pradesh’s Amalapuram – they have been relations of a lawmaker from the state’s ruling YSR Congress Get together – have been killed in a visitors accident in Texas in the US.

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

These killed have been visiting the house of one other relative and had gone to the native zoo within the morning. On the best way again house, their car, a minivan, was hit by a pickup truck carrying two younger individuals. 

Preliminary studies recommend the pickup was driving the fallacious approach. 

Miraculously one particular person – Lokesh – survived however is in hospital, and is in crucial situation. The 2 driving the pickup are additionally in hospital.

The injured have been airlifted to medical amenities, US media reported.

“My uncle spent Christmas visiting a relative’s house. On December 26, they went to the zoo within the morning and left at 4 pm (native time). Their automotive was struck by a truck carrying two younger individuals who have been touring the fallacious approach,” the MLA Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar stated.

“The truck was discovered to be at fault by the native police.”

Mr Kumar, the MLA from Andhra Pradesh’s Mummidivaram seat, additionally stated, “We try to have the our bodies returned… since Lokesh remains to be receiving remedy, his settlement is required for 2 of them, who’re Americans by start.”

The lifeless have been recognized as P Nageswara Rao, the MLA’s uncle, Seetha Mahalakshmi, Naveena, Kruthik, and a younger woman known as Nishitha. The sixth, additionally a member of the family, has not but been named.

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