In the first incident, three members of a marriage party, including two children, were killed and eight others injured, after the car they were travelling in fell into a roadside canal in East Godavari district.
The incident occurred near Jonnadha village of Alamuru mandal when the 11 members of the marriage party including the newly-wed couple were on their way to Annavaram to visit a temple from Bhimavaram in West Godavari district.
In a separate incident, a man and his two children were killed and his wife critically injured when a speeding tractor hit them at Somavarappadu village in West Godavari district.
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Expressing concern over rise in road accidents in the state,he asked the officials to plan ways to control them.
Rawat also announced a compensation of Rs one lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and make adequate arrangements for the treatment of the injured.