Amaravati, Jan 29 || A person was charred to death and two others injured in a collision between two truck containers in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district on Thursday, police said.
The accident occurred on National Highway 216 near Kathipudi early in the morning.
According to police, a container carrying aqua feed from Bheemavaram to Mulapeta was taking a turn at Kathipudi Junction when another container laden with cotton bundles and heading to Chennai from Kolkata rammed into it. The collision sparked a fire which engulfed both vehicles.
Cotton lorry driver Kamal Sheikh (43) died in the fire while two others were injured.
Alerted by the passersby, police and firefighting personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire.
Police registered a case and took up further investigation. Circle Inspector of Prathipadu, Surya Appa Rao, said the deceased was a resident of Kolkata.