A truck with cement load tumbled near Singarayakonda on Chennai Highway caused instant death to 10 people.

12 people belong to Addanki village wanted to attend Suvartha Maha Sabhalu at Chennai boarded a truck that was going from that way which was already loaded with cement bags. It was 1.00 am when the mishap occurred on the highway. It was first found by Venkatrao belonged to Nellore who was returning after performing puja in Valluramma temple. As the truck was turned and the bodies were under the weight of the cement bags, it was hard to rescue them immediately. The information was given to 108 in which three persons wounded were taken to Ongole to admit in RIMS Hospital.

Police reached the place of incident with two proclaims to lift the truck load and that made them find 10 dead bodies. Venkatrao said that the moment he reached the spot, two persons under heavy dose of booze were fleeing from there. He said that the truck was going at top speed.

The results of the initial investigations revealed by the police that the incident happened due to speeding truck driven by the person heavily drunk. In all possibilities, the police say, that the truck must be run by the cleaner instead of driver. Driver might be busy in making the pegs and enjoying cutting jokes with the cleaner. Those innocent people, who were not aware of the fate ahead of them, stopped the truck at Addanki in a hurry to reach Chennai early. The amount they paid must have brought them to their unfortunate end of life as the extra earned money might have been used by the crew for the liquor.

(AW-SriJa)