GUNTUR: Two persons were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Lam Farm near Guntur on Tuesday morning.
According to Tadikonda sub-inspector (SI) Rajasekhar, five daily wage labourers were going to work in an auto-rickshaw to Lam village.
On the way, the driver lost control of his vehicle and it hit a tree.
The victims R Bharathi (28) died on the spot, while M Nagendramma (30) succumbed during treatment at Guntur Government General Hospital (GGH).
Driver Madasu Gandhi and labourers SK Dariyabi, R Santosh, Elizabeth Rani and Arun Tej were shifted to the GGH for treatment. The bodies were shifted there for post-mortem. The police have lodged a case and investigation is underway.