Hyderabad: Seven persons, including a Telugu Desam party (TDP) leader from Kadapa district, were killed and five others injured in two separate accidents in different parts of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.
The TDP leader Venkata Swamy Reddy, along with four others, was travelling in an Innova car from Kadapa to Hyderabad when it collided with a truck on NH-18 between Nandyal-Panyam in Kurnool district at around 1.30 am on Wednesday.
Reddy and three others died on the spot, they said.
Other deceased have been identified as Madan Mohan, Shareef and Vinay Kumar Reddy, a police officer told over phone, adding that the car driver and the truck cleaner were injured in the mishap.
Reddy, an advocate, had contested for the MLC seat of Graduates Constituency.
In a separate incident, three members of a family, including a woman, were killed and three others injured, when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck.
The incident took place near Mondlapadu village in Krishna district at around 6 am on Wednesday, police said.
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