Annamayya, May 18 -- At least three people died after a car lost control and plunged into a well in Balamvaripalli village in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district, police said on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Lokesh, Chalapathi, and Shivanna; all three hailed from Tandupalli near Chintamani in Karnataka.

As per the police, there were five passengers in the car; two managed to escape safely, while three died inside the vehicle.

The incident happened when the five were travelling near Kuravapalli on the Pileru-Sadum road at around 4:15 AM, their vehicle accidentally plunged into a roadside well, submerging all five passengers.

However, "two of them, Sunil and Tippa Reddy, managed to break the rear windows of the car and escape,...