Car race on NH ends in crash; 1 dead, MLA’s son injured

GUNTUR : A car race by a group of engineering students on the busy NH-9 near Edlapadu village of Guntur district on Sunday ended in a crash leading to the death of a student and injuring eight others, including the son of a TDP legislator from Krishna district.
The MLA’s son was involved in a similar bike racing about a month ago near Vijayawada which had made news after villagers lodged a complaint with the police.The police had then let off the students with a warning. This time, the youth went up to Chilakaluripet, 60 km away, to participate in car racing.
Sources said the two cars that collided with each other were completely mangled. The deceased student was identified as Vijay Nagendra, 21, of Krishnalanka in Vijayawada city.
All the injured were rushed to various private hospitals in Vijayawada. Locals said the students were indulging in car racing on the six-lane highway from Sunday afternoon and met with the fatal accident at the end of the day.
Edlapadu police reached the spot and rescued the injured victims.
Although the police registered a case and noted down the names of the injured students, the list did not contain the name of the MLA’s son. Police claimed they had noted down all the names of students present at the scene of accident. Sources, however, said the MLA’s son was rushed to a private super-specialty hospital in Vijayawada.