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AP: Woman, her daughter killed as lorry hits their two-wheeler

Nandyala, July 10 (UNI) In a tragic road accident, a woman and her teenage daughter were killed as a tipper lorry hit their two-wheeler at Brahmanapalli village, near here, on Friday.
Police said that the deceased Lalitha (45) and her daughter Lakshmi (18) were going on a scooter The negligence and rash driving of the tipper lorry was said to be the reason for the mishap. The tipper lorry driver fled after the accident.
The deceased belonged to Gonavaram village. The police registered a case and shifted the bodies to the GGH for postmortem.
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