Two of family die as car rams tanker in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 75-year-old man and his son, belonging to a family of five who were returning to city after going to Tirupati for pilgrim trip, died and three others escaped with injuries at Kothur on NH-44 late on Friday night after their car hit an oil tanker, which was taking a U-turn.


Kothur inspector M Bhoopal Sridhar said that Kalyan Chakravarthy, 50, who was driving the car and his father Satyanarayana, who was sitting next to him, died. Kalyan’s wife Sharada and their two children, aged 13-years and 10 years, escaped with injuries and are undergoing treatment. “The mishap took place at 2am on Saturday. When the oil tanker was taking U-turn on the highway at Kothur, the family were coming from behind and the Kalyan suspectedly could not control the speed and hit the lorry. The car went underneath the lorry.,” Sridhar said.