Tragedy Strikes Pilgrimage: Five Family Members Die in Chittoor Car Crash

• Five members of a Bengaluru family died in a tragic road accident on the Palamaner highway in Chittoor district while en route to Tirumala Srivari for blessings before a wedding.
• The car, traveling at 130 km/h, collided with a cement lorry and got wedged underneath, killing Mohan Das, Kusuma, Nagaraja Rao, Jayanthi, and Pooja instantly.
• Police suspect the car driver may have fallen asleep; airbags did not deploy as the car went under the lorry, bypassing front sensors.
• The lorry dragged the crushed car for over 300 meters before stopping, as other drivers alerted the unaware lorry driver.
• Nagaraja Rao, a retired officer, and his daughter Pooja, a software engineer, were among the deceased; his son in Germany might not attend the funeral due to global conflicts.