HYDERABAD: Three painting workers were killed and two others injured in a road accident near the Outer Ring Road (ORR) on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Sunday, November 8, police said, in a report carried by the news agency IANS.

Source: IANS via HiIndia

The accident occurred near the Telangana State Police Academy in Rajendranagar when an autorickshaw rammed into a DCM vehicle near an ORR exit, IANS reported. The autorickshaw was on its way to Moinabad from the Shamshabad area, carrying painting workers.

Seventeen people were travelling in the autorickshaw at the time of the accident, IANS said. The deceased were identified as Suresh, Venkaiah and Lingaraj Shetty, according to the IANS report.

The injured were admitted to a nearby hospital, and police shifted the bodies to Osmania General Hospital for postmortem examination, IANS reported. Rajendranagar police registered a case and took up the investigation.

Deccan Live, which also reported three deaths, said the workers were travelling in the auto when it rammed into a truck that was exiting the ORR. Hyderabad Mail reported that the workers were returning after painting work at a building in Muchintal, and that the truck driver allegedly fled after the collision before ORR personnel intercepted the vehicle after a chase — a detail reported by Hyderabad Mail and not confirmed by police in the reports reviewed.