Bangalore:In an incident that sent shock and awe, four members of a family were charred to death when a van in which they were travelling went up in flames all of a sudden on the NH 205 on the outskirts of Palamaner town during the early hours of October 8, Wednesday.
Those who died in the tragic incident are Satyanarayana(52), his wife Mahalakshmi(45), their children, Prashanth Kumar(27), and Deepa Mala(23). The family resided at Sampangirama Nagar and was on way home after visiting the pilgrim shrine Tirupathi.
Reports said Satyanarayana was on the driver’s seat while his wife and daughter were fast asleep in the back seat when the mishap took place. Though the couple’s son Prashanth Kumar who was on the front seat beside his father tried to jump out of the vehicle which was in flames he was seriously injured. Though he was taken to the hospital, he breathed his last there.
Senior police officials are investigating and are trying to know the cause of the fire. After autopsies of the bodies at Chittoor Government Hospital, they were handed over to the relatives.