Two killed in accident on Hyderabad outskirts

The accident was around 2.30 am on the NH 65 near Nalgonda Dharmakanta near Peda Amberpet.

Hyderabad: Two persons were killed and one injured in a chain crash on the National Highway-65 at Pedda Amberpet in Abdullapurmet on the city outskirts early on Thursday. Rash and negligent driving led to the mishap, police said.

According to the police, a DCM vehicle from Guntur was going towards the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad and rammed another DCM that was in front of it. The second DCM crashed into a Toyota Innova parked on the roadside, killing the Innova driver K Hanumanth Rao (39) on the spot and Ramesh, a farmer who was travelling in the first DCM. Another person in the first DCM was injured in the accident that took place at around 2.30 am, the police said.

Other motorists passing by alerted the Abdullapurmet police, who used cranes to remove the vehicles, after which the bodies were retrieved from the mangled vehicles and shifted to the Osmania General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The police have booked a case of negligence causing death and injuries and have taken up investigation.

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