On a stretch of road in East Godavari, in Andhra Pradesh, a car carrying four men from the village of Gajjaram struck a caution signboard near the Ananthapalli toll plaza, and three of them did not survive the impact. The men had been returning home after helping a physically disabled companion reach Chennai for treatment, a small act of care that ended in sudden loss. Police point to excessive speed as the likely cause, though the final word will come from postmortem findings and a fuller investigation. For the families left behind, the night's disaster now waits on answers that will arrive s
Three Killed as Speeding Car Hits Road Signboard in East Godavari; Driver's Companion Critically Hurt
Three men died and one man, Gannina Narendra, is critically injured after a speeding car crashed in East Godavari district.
Returning home from treatment in Chennai, four men met a roadside signboard
Mark
Why does this crash stand out among so many road accidents?
Mimi
Because of the purpose of the trip. Four men from Gajjaram were coming home after taking Hanumantha Rao, who is physically disabled, to Chennai for treatment.
Mark
And they died close to a toll plaza, not in some remote stretch.
Mimi
Yes, near Ananthapalli, at Veeravalli Toll Plaza. The car hit a caution signboard set 500 metres before it.
Luke
Let's be careful about the cause. Police say preliminary investigations indicate overspeeding. That's an early finding, not a final one.
Mark
So the postmortem and the full investigation could still add to it?
Luke
Possibly. The report doesn't say how fast the car was going or who was driving.
Mimi
It also doesn't say which of the three who died was Hanumantha Rao. We only know Gannina Narendra is the survivor, critically hurt.
Mark
What about the lorry accident in the same report?
Luke
It's a separate event from April 6, in another district. Brake failure is reported, and it's not connected to the car crash.
Mimi
What matters now is Narendra's recovery and the case police have registered.
Der Puls
- A car slammed into a 500-metre caution signboard near Ananthapalli toll plaza, leaving the vehicle mangled and three men dead on the spot.
- Gannina Narendra lies in serious condition in hospital, and every hour carries the tension of whether he will pull through.
- Police have registered a case and point to overspeeding, while bodies are moved to Gopalapuram Government Hospital for postmortem examination.
- Gajjaram village is left grieving, and families now wait on the postmortem and final investigation report to confirm or overturn the speed explanation.
On a stretch of road in East Godavari, in Andhra Pradesh, a car carrying four men from the village of Gajjaram struck a caution signboard near the Ananthapalli toll plaza, and three of them did not survive the impact. The men had been returning home after helping a physically disabled companion reach Chennai for treatment, a small act of care that ended in sudden loss. Police point to excessive speed as the likely cause, though the final word will come from postmortem findings and a fuller investigation. For the families left behind, the night's disaster now waits on answers that will arrive slowly, while one survivor fights for his life in hospital.
A car carrying four men from Gajjaram village, in Tallapudi mandal of East Godavari district, crashed into a roadside signboard at Ananthapalli, in Nallajerla mandal, close to the Veeravalli Toll Plaza. Three of the men died at the scene. The fourth, Gannina Narendra, was rushed to hospital in critical condition, and he remains there in serious condition.
The men were Chaparla Hanumantha Rao, D Sagar, Chaparla Raju and Narendra. They had been on their way home after driving Hanumantha Rao, who is physically disabled, to Chennai for medical treatment. The car struck a caution signboard placed 500 metres ahead of the toll plaza, and police describe the vehicle as completely mangled.
Nallajerla police have registered a case and say preliminary findings point to overspeeding. The bodies were taken to Gopalapuram Government Hospital for postmortem examination. For the families of Gajjaram, the immediate questions now rest with Narendra's recovery and with the investigation, which may either confirm the early conclusion about speed or revise it.
A car carrying four men from the village of Gajjaram crashed into a roadside signboard at Ananthapalli, in Nallajerla mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. The spot is close to the Veeravalli Toll Plaza. Three of the men died. The fourth was taken to hospital in critical condition.
All four were from Gajjaram, in Tallapudi mandal of the same district. According to Nallajerla police, they were Chaparla Hanumantha Rao, D Sagar, Chaparla Raju and Gannina Narendra. They were on their way home after taking Hanumantha Rao, who is physically disabled, to Chennai for medical treatment.
The car hit a caution signboard placed 500 metres ahead of the toll plaza. The source does not say which of the men died and which survived, apart from Narendra, who is the one hospitalised. Police describe the vehicle as completely mangled. Preliminary investigations, they say, point to overspeeding as the cause of the crash.
Narendra is being treated in serious condition. Police have registered a case. The bodies of the three dead were moved to Gopalapuram Government Hospital for postmortem examination.
The same report mentions a separate incident from earlier in the month. On April 6, a lorry loaded with rice overturned on the Andhra-Odisha interstate ghat road in Pachipenta mandal of Parvathipuram Manyam district. It was travelling from Odisha into Andhra Pradesh, and officials said it reportedly suffered brake failure at around 11 pm.
The overturned lorry blocked the road and caused a traffic jam seven kilometres long. Police cleared it with cranes at around 6 am, roughly seven hours later. Passengers, among them children and elderly people, were stranded on the road through the night.
For the Gajjaram families, what remains is the investigation. Narendra's condition is the immediate uncertainty, and the postmortem results and the police's final findings may confirm or revise the early conclusion about speed.
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Preliminary investigations indicate that overspeeding caused the accident.— Nallajerla police (paraphrased)
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