<span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana, five persons including three children were killed and several others injured in a road accident at Tekkalaiah Dargah near Kothakota in Wanaparthy district today. All the deceased are from one family. According to the local police, the incident occurred during the wee hours, and the vehicle in which they were travelling hit a tree on the roadside.<br />''<br />''The victims were going to Hyderabad from Bellary in Karnataka state. The injured were given treatment initially at Wanaparthy District Hospital and four of the injured were shifted to Kurnool Government Hospital as they were in critical condition. </span><br />