Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh):At least eight people died and several others were injured in two separate incidents on National Highway 44 at Paamidi in Anantapur district on Friday morning.
In the first incident near the MRO office, a lorry hit an auto which resulted in the on the spot death of five women labourers in the auto.
The accident took place while they were going to harvest cotton in Kottalapally. Eight others were injured who were taken to a nearby hospital where the condition of the two injured is said to be critical while one among those injured succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.