Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Two Killed as Car Rams Iron-Laden Lorry in Chintur
A car and a lorry crashed on a highway on Friday night.
The car was traveling from Bhadrachalam to Chintoor.
The lorry was carrying iron and traveling from Odisha to Chennai.
The crash happened near Boddugudem and Yedugurallapalli.
The lorry dragged the car for nearly 100 metres.
The car driver, Nimmakayala Ayyanna, was badly hurt and later died.
Another passenger, Adivi Surya Vinaya Teja, was trapped inside.
The car caught fire while people were trying to rescue him, and he died.
Police and firefighters went to the scene and began responding to the accident.
A car traveling from Bhadrachalam to Chintoor collided with the rear of an iron-laden lorry on Friday night.
The crash occurred on the Vijayawada-Jagdalpur National Highway between Boddugudem and Yedugurallapalli.
The lorry, traveling from Odisha to Chennai, dragged the car for nearly 100 metres after the collision.
Car driver Nimmakayala Ayyanna, 35, was thrown from the vehicle and later declared dead at a primary health centre.
Passenger Adivi Surya Vinaya Teja, 28, remained trapped and died after the car caught fire during rescue efforts.
- Who
- Car occupants Nimmakayala Ayyanna, 35, and Adivi Surya Vinaya Teja, 28, were killed; the lorry was carrying iron.
- What
- A car collided with the rear of an iron-laden lorry, and the car later caught fire.
- When
- Friday late at night.
- Where
- The Vijayawada-Jagdalpur National Highway between Boddugudem and Yedugurallapalli in Chintur mandal, Polavaram district.
- Why
- The articles do not state what caused the collision.
- Deaths
- Two people were killed.
- Collision
- The car struck the rear of an iron-laden lorry.
- Car route
- Bhadrachalam to Chintoor.
- Lorry route
- Odisha to Chennai.
- Distance dragged
- The lorry dragged the car nearly 100 metres.
- Driver
- Nimmakayala Ayyanna, 35, of Someswaram village.
- Passenger
- Adivi Surya Vinaya Teja, 28, of Miyapur.
- Response
- Police investigated, while Kunavaram Fire Station personnel brought the fire under control.
