Two commuters narrowly escaped with minor injuries after a massive tamarind tree fell on their vehicles on the Medak–Siddipet road near Akkannapet village. The accident damaged the vehicles and caused a major traffic jam before police cleared the route.
According to reports, the truck carrying a consignment of mangoes was on its way to the city when the driver lost control over the vehicle and the truck over turned on Thimmapur road
Two persons including its driver were hurt in the incident. The accident occurred as the MLA was returning from a Sri Venkateswara Swamy Kalyanam ceremony in Gurrampodu village, en route to a rice distribution programme in Halia mandal
The victims Suresh (25) and Narasimha Rao (42) were residents of Qutbullabur in Hyderabad. Suresh and Narasimha Rao and two others went on a pilgrimage to Ganugapur in Karnataka
The car was being driven at a high speed when it overturned near Chennama Hotel at ORR service road and fell off the culvert. The police reportedly found a few liquor bottles in the car and seized it.
The van carrying a load of milk sachets was coming in the wrong direction from Chaderghat towards Sultan Bazaar when the driver of the vehicle K Rajesh rammed into the auto-rickshaw going towards Chaderghat from Koti.