Six people including a three-year-old baby were killed and eight others injured in a collision involving an auto rickshaw and a tipper lorr.

Six people including a three-year-old baby were killed and eight others injured in a collision involving an autorickshaw and a tipper lorry near here today, police said. The mishap occurred when the autorickshaw carrying 14 passengers was proceeding to Rameswaram village and a speeding lorry coming from the opposite direction rammed into it. The injured were admitted to the government general hospital in Kakinada, they added. A case has been registered in this connection.