Speeding lorry rams ambulance in Telangana’s Nirmal; mother, ailing daughter dead

A mother and her ailing daughter were killed and four others injured when a speeding lorry rammed into an ambulance at Kadthal Y-junction in Soan mandal of Nirmal district, Telangana, late on Thursday (October 22, 2026) night.

The deceased were identified as 50-year-old Paru Bhai and her 22-year-old daughter Saraswathi, of Jhari village in Gadiguda mandal of Adilabad district, according to sources.

The accident occurred when the ambulance was carrying Saraswathi to a hospital in Hyderabad for treatment. The front portion of the ambulance was badly mangled in the impact. Four others, including the ambulance driver, sustained multiple injuries in the accident.

Sources said the lorry driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol and was driving at high speed on the wrong side of the road. Soan police registered a case and took up investigation.