Five persons were travelling in a car when the vehicle rammed into an electric pole at CBIT road, Gandipet. Two of them died on the spot while three others sustained injuries.
The incident occurred on the busy Kothagudem-Bhadrachalam main road during afternoon hours but no one was injured in the incident as the occupants of the vehicle managed to alight from the car
The incident took place when Dattatreya was going to Nalgonda from Hyderabad in a car to attend a programme there. Dattatreya, his personal assistant and driver were present in the car at the time of the incident.