2 killed in accident on city outskirts

Hyderabad: Two persons died while two others sustained injuries in a road accident on the NH-65 at Pedda Amberpet on Thursday.

K Hanumantha Rao, 39, who was driving from Pamidipadu village in Narsaraopet mandal of Guntur district, stopped his Innova car at Pedda Amberpet to answer nature’s call. However, a DCM van transporting chillies that was behind the Innova rammed into another DCM van carrying iron rods.

“Due to speeding, a farmer in the DCM van, M Ramachandraiah, 75, of Narannavari Palem in Martoor mandal of Prakasham district, who was sitting next to the driver, Dharma Teja, died. The driver did not sustain any injuries,” Abdullapurmet inspector V Swamy said. Due to the impact, the other DCM van with iron rods rammed into the parked Innova, crushing to death the Innova’s driver. While the second DCM van driver sustained injuries, the passenger in the Innova was unhurt.

Alerted by motorists, police reached the spot and removed the two bodies stuck in the mangled vehicles using a crane. The bodies were shifted to Osmania General Hospital and the injured DCM van driver was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Police registered a case against the DCM van driver transporting chillies under Sections 304-a (causing death due to rash or negligent act) and 337 (causing injuries due to rash or negligent act) of the IPC.