Four members of a family were killed and six others sustained injuries after the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were travelling in rammed into a stationary lorry on the Macherla-Veldurthi highway in Palnadu district in the early hours of Friday (June 26, 2026). Among the dead were two men and two women.

According to information provided to The Hindu by Palnadu district Superintendent of Police B. Krishna Rao, the accident occurred at around 3.30 a.m. within the limits of the Macherla Town police station.

The police said a lorry had suffered a tyre burst during the night and was parked on the left side of the road. The driver reportedly switched on the vehicle’s parking lights and placed sticks and leaves behind it as warning indicators before leaving for the town to seek help.

The SUV, which was travelling from Hyderabad in Telangana to Pamuru in Markapuram district in Andhra Pradesh, collided with the rear of the parked lorry. Thirteen members of a family from Veligandla mandal in Markapuram district were travelling in the vehicle at the time of the accident.

Two men and two women died in the accident, and six others sustained injuries and were shifted to the Government Hospital in Macherla for treatment. The condition of the injured was not immediately known.

The police have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances leading to the accident.