Amaravati, March 4 || Five members of a family were killed when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Wednesday, police said.
The accident occurred on the Bengaluru-Chennai national highway near Dundapalli cross in Gangavaram mandal.
According to police, the car rammed into a moving truck from behind. All five occupants of the car died on the spot.
The deceased, residents of the Rajaji Nagar area in Bengaluru, were on their way to Tirumala for darshan.
The truck was heading to Kurnool after unloading cement at Palamaneru.
The deceased have been identified as Mohan Das, 71, Nagaraja Rao, 61, Kusuma, 61, Jayanti, 59, and Puja, 33.
Police shifted the bodies for a post-mortem examination. Gangavaram Circle Inspector Rambhupal said they have registered a case and are taking up the investigation.