A woman and her ailing daughter were killed and four others injured when a speeding lorry rammed into an ambulance at Kadthal Y-junction in Soan mandal of Nirmal district late on Thursday night.
The deceased were identified as 50-year-old Paru Bhai, and her 22-year-old daughter Saraswathi, of Jhari village in Gadiguda mandal of Adilabad district, according to the police.
The accident occurred when the ambulance was carrying Saraswathi to a hospital in Nizamabad for treatment. The front portion of the ambulance was badly mangled due to the accident.
Four others, including the ambulance driver, sustained multiple injuries in the accident. The injured were shifted to hospitals in Nirmal and Nizamabad.
Sources said the lorry driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol and was driving at high speed on the wrong side of the road.
Soan police registered a case and took up investigation.
Published - October 23, 2026 07:47 pm IST