Four people were killed and two others injured when a car overturned after hitting a road divider in Tirupati district.

The accident occurred on the Puthalapattu-Naidupeta highway near M. Kongaravaripalle in Chandragiri mandal on Monday morning.

The car was going from Nellore towards Vellore. The deceased have been identified as Seshaiah, his wife Jayanti, his relative Padmamma and car driver Sameer, all residents of Nellore district.

Four people were killed and another injured in a separate accident in Krishna district. According to the police, after hitting the divider, a car collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. The accident occurred at Bapulpadu Manda on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway.

The car was going from Kovuru towards Tamil Nadu. The deceased have been identified as Swaminathan (35), Gopi (31), Radha Priya (14) and Rakesh (12). The injured were admitted to the government hospital in Vijayawada.

In another accident in Tirupati district, two people had a narrow escape when the car they were traveling in overturned after hitting a divider and caught fire. The car caught fire after it rolled to the other side of the road. Both the people came out before the entire vehicle got engulfed in flames. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital.