Hyderabad, July 4 -- Four members of a wedding procession, including an 18-month-old girl, were killed and eight others injured after an allegedly speeding lorry rammed into their auto-rickshaw in Andhra Pradesh's Markapuram district on Friday, police said.

The accident took place at around 1.30am on the Amaravati-Anantpur highway when the procession stopped at a Lord Vinayaka temple for pre-wedding rituals before proceeding to Kambham town, where the venue was located.

The deceased were identified as the bride's sister-in-law Avula Alakananda (19),her brothers Avula Ankalu (20) and Avula Nagesh (17), and Avula Ankalu's daughter Nagalakshmi (18 months).

"The wedding procession from Nallabanda Bazaar in Giddalur had stopped for a brief ...