Hyderabad: A scientist, his mother and five others were killed when a car fell into a roadside ditch after colliding with other vehicles in Shamshabad on Saturday afternoon. According to the police, Meruva Adisesha Reddy (57), a scientist at ECIL, and her mother M. Ramulamma (88) were traveling in their car when they lost control of the vehicle and collided with a rickshaw and a bicycle before derailing. , , , in the hollow. “The car collided with other vehicles and hit road safety barriers before falling into a pit dug in the framework of road expansion works. Adisesh and his mother died in this act. Total three vehicles including car, cart and ditch”, said Shamshabad Inspector Sana Srinath. Police reached the spot and after much effort entered the ditch, took out the bodies trapped in the auto and took them to the mortuary. The heroes were transferred to a nearby local hospital. Police have registered the case and sent the vehicle to the Road Transport Authority for investigation and release of information.