Two people were killed and 10 others injured after a jeep carrying Bhavani Deeksha devotees overturned on the Paderu ghat road in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district on Monday, according to a report by Deccan Chronicle.
The devotees were returning after offering prayers at the Goddess Modakondamma temple in Paderu when the jeep overturned. The report did not provide further details on what caused the accident or the identities of those killed and injured.
The injured passengers were shifted to King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam for better treatment. The movement of the injured from the hilly Paderu area to a major hospital in Visakhapatnam places the incident within the wider challenge of providing emergency medical access across Andhra Pradesh’s ghat roads and remote hill regions.
Paderu is located in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, a predominantly hilly area where road connectivity is important for residents, visitors and pilgrims travelling between settlements and religious sites. The incident involved devotees returning from the Goddess Modakondamma temple, but the available report does not state how many people were travelling in the jeep beyond identifying it as a vehicle carrying the group.
The report also does not specify the exact stretch of the ghat road, the time of the crash, the condition of the vehicle, weather or road surface conditions, or whether any official investigation has been announced. No statement from the police, district administration or hospital authorities was included in the supplied account.
The two deaths and the transfer of 10 injured passengers to King George Hospital make the crash a significant road-safety incident for the district. Further details on the identities and conditions of those involved, the cause of the overturning and any official action were not immediately available in the report.
