Overview

• At around 3:15 a.m. on July 4, two trucks collided head-on on National Highway 563 near Yellampet in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district.
• The impact crushed both engine cabins and ignited a fire that charred two drivers and a cleaner to death.
• A fourth occupant survived with critical injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
• One truck was carrying granite and the other chicken feed, complicating rescue efforts under heavy debris.
• Telangana Firefighters and Maripeda police extinguished the blaze and investigators are probing factors behind the crash.