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Couple among five killed in two road accidents

Couple among five killed in two road accidents

Vijayawada, Feb 16 (UNI) Five people, including a couple, were killed in two road accidents in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
Police said that three persons including a woman and his two sons were killed when the car in which they were travelling collided with a lorry at Nemalipuri village in Rajupalem mandal in Palnadu district.
The deceased were identified as Sheik Najima, Nurullah and Habibullah. The accident took place when the deceased were going to Rajupalem village from Hyderabad. The police registered a case and shifted the bodies to the GGH in Narasaraopet for postmortem.

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