Five persons died after a sports bike and a car collided at Palakonda village in Mahabubnagar district bypass road on Sunday night.
Two persons travelling on the bike and three others in the car died. The deceased have been identified as Arshiya Begum (30), Ujeppa (7), Amar (2) and biker Yakub Afzal (25).
The identity of another person was yet to be
ascertained. The police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to the government hospital in the district.
According to preliminary information, the bike racing could have caused the accident.
Locals said the bypass road has become a hub for the bikers to indulge in racing, putting the lives of other motorists at risk. More details are awaited.