8 TDP workers killed in mishap

By Our Special Correspondent

TIRUPATI, OCT. 4. Tragedy struck a 11-member team of TDP activists from Kuppam even as they were on their way to Tirupati to attend the farmers' mela of the Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, when their ill- fated jeep collided head-on with an APSRTC bus resulting in the instantaneous death of six on the spot and two on way to hospital.

The condition of three others who were rushed to the CMC Hospital, Vellore in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, also is declared critical.

According to information reaching here, all the victims, in their late twenties were videographers from Kuppam, the CM's constituency. Not knowing what the fate had in store for them, they were dashing down to Tirupati when the jeep rammed an APSRTC bus coming in the opposite direction at Mordhanapalle, 4 km from Chittoor town.

The Chief Minister, to whom the news about the tragedy was conveyed even as he was attending the mela, expressed deep shock at the colossal loss of life and asked the RDO, Chittoor, and other senior officials to rush to the spot to arrange relief. The Yalamuru police registered a case and are investigating. The names of the deceased are as follows: Ravikumar, Diwakar, Suresh, Naresh, Subramanyam, Ravi, Pechimuthu and Thimmarayappa. The three fighting for their life at CMC are: Ramesh Babu, Babu and Babji.

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