Four persons were killed, and two others suffered severe injuries in a head-on collision between a private travel bus and an SUV in the early hours of Friday (December 26, 2025) in Allagadda mandal of the district.
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According to the police, the SUV was proceeding towards Hyderabad from Tirupati when the driver lost control over the steering, crossed the road divider to the other side and crashed into a private travels bus coming from the opposite direction around 3 a.m. at Nallagatla in Allagadda mandal. The bus was moving towards Pondicherry from Hyderabad.
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Police said four people travelling in the SUV died on the spot, while two others suffered serious injuries and were shifted to the hospital.
