Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), May 15 (PTI) Six people died in a road accident in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh while returning from a temple visit in the early hours of Monday, police said.

The vehicle carrying a 12-member party was hit by a truck laden with iron ore in Penchianantapuram village in the district.

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"They were travelling from Tirumala and met with an accident during the early hours at 5:30 am against a lorry which was carrying iron ore from Bellary, Karnataka," Kadapa Superintendent of Police K K N Anburajan told PTI.

He said the group was travelling towards Tadipatri after visiting the famous Sri Venkateshwara Swami Temple in Tirupati.

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Anburajan said the injured persons were shifted to Anantapuramu while the names of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.

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