Separate road accidents in Telangana on Tuesday left one person dead and 20 others injured. Major mishaps occurred in Karimnagar, Mancherial, and Nalgonda districts involving RTC and private buses, a lorry, and tractors, with police attributing causes to rash driving and negligence
Karimnagar: Fifteen persons were injured in a road accident near Renigunta bridge in Thimmapur mandal on Rajiv Rahadari early on Tuesday.
The mishap occurred around 5 am when a TSRTC bus from Metpally depot, heading towards Karimnagar from Hyderabad, rammed a tractor loaded with paddy bags from the rear.
The impact caused the bags to spill across the road, disrupting traffic for some time. The bus passengers and the tractor driver sustained injuries in the collision.
On being alerted, LMD police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the district headquarters hospital for treatment.
One killed, another injured as lorry rams bike in Mancherial
Mancherial: A youngster was killed on the spot, while another sustained injuries when a lorry hit a two-wheeler between Chintaguda and Mahabubabad villages in Jannaram mandal on Tuesday.
According to Jannaram Sub-Inspector G Anusha, the victim was identified as Adayi Maruthi, 25, of Singarayapet village. He suffered grievous injuries and died on the spot after the lorry rammed into the motorcycle. Another person, Komram Nagaraju, also from the same village, received minor injuries in the mishap.
Police suspect rash and negligent driving by the lorry driver to be the cause of the accident.
Four injured as bus rams tractor in Nalgonda
Nalgonda: Four persons sustained injuries when a speeding private bus rammed into a tractor on the Addanki–Narketpally highway near Bugga Bavigudem village in Nalgonda district early on Tuesday.
The bus, reportedly travelling at high speed, lost control and hit the tractor from behind, causing it to overturn on the road. The injured, identified as farm workers, were shifted to the Miryalaguda government hospital, where doctors said their condition was stable but they would remain under observation.
Local police reached the spot, registered a case, and detained the bus driver for questioning.
