Seventeen people, including 12 women were killed, and 13 others injured when a truck carrying them overturned at Uppalapadu village in Guntur this morning.
The truck carrying 30 people overturned at a steep curve, police said.
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The driver, cleaner and those seated in the cabin escaped unhurt. The victims were on their way to Buttavaripelam from Macherla.
The injured have been admitted to the government hospital at Macherla, police added.
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