Two persons have been killed and five others injured in separate cases of road accidents in the Cyberabad Police limits.
One person died on the spot and three others suffered injuries when the Tata Ace vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a speeding RTC bus coming from opposite direction. The accident occurred in the wee hours of Thursday between Nampally and Nagaram village in the limits of Ghatkesar police station. According to police, the deceased, B Madhukar alias Raju was driving the Tata Ace vehicle and he was returning after delivering a Ganesh idol in Ramannapet village when the accident occurred.
All the three injured persons have been shifted to the Gandhi Hospital for treatment and their condition is said to be out of danger. Ghatkesar police registered a case of negligent driving against the RTC driver and started investigations.
In another accident, two scooterists suffered head injuries when the motor-cycle they were riding skidded near Nagaram Road on Wednesday night. According to Keesra police, the scooterists, 24-year-old Sharad Chandra and his friends Mohan Kumar, were immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital where Sharad succumbed to injuries in the wee hours of Thursday. Mohan is still undergoing treatment and is said to be out of danger, Keesra police said. (INN)
2012/3/1 6:58:03 Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy informed the House that 15,100 people were killed in road accidents during the year 2011 across the State.
Replying to a question raised by TDP MLCs A Narsa Reddy, Ibrahim bin Abdullah Masqati and Dadi Veerabhadra Rao, she said that 42,869 accidents that took place in 2011 and 55,812 persons got injured. In the GHMC limits, 6,491 accidents took place in which 1,717 persons died and 6,144 persons were injured.
She informed the House that certain steps like identification of accident prone areas on National Highways, State Highways and other roads, erection of speed breakers, dividers, radium stickers and zebra cross lines were being taken as road safety measures. (INN)
2012/1/27 10:12:11 In a ghastly road mishap, three persons were killed on the spot and six others injured at Bakarapeta in Siddampeta mandal in Kadapa district on Friday.
According to police, the accident occurred when a jeep had a head-on collision with a tractor near Bakarapeta in the wee hours of Friday. The bodies have been shifted to the Government Hospital in Kadapa for post-mortem. The identities of the victims are yet to be ascertained. The condition of all the injured is stated to be serious.
According to police, the mishap took place due to negligent driving of jeep driver, against whom a case has already been registered. (INN)
2011/12/11 14:55:05 Hyderabad, Dec 11 (INN): Two persons were killed in different road accidents in the city on Sunday.
A 32-year-old man, Krishna, suffered grievous injuries when the auto-rickshaw he was travelling over-turned near Moinabad. According to police, Krishna, a teacher with MK Pally Government Upper Primary School, met with the accident on Sunday morning. He was immediately rushed to the Osmania General Hospital where he died a few hours later.
The Moinabad police registered a case of negligent driving against the auto-rickshaw driver who has been arrested.
In another case, 35-year-old Mohd Ismail Pasha died on the spot when the bike he was riding hit a road divider near Erragadda flyover in the early hours of Sunday. Pasha, a welder, met with the accident while returning to his home in Riyasat Nagar from Kukatpally after executing some welding work.
2012/1/19 11:11:09 Six people were killed on the spot and seven others sustained injuries in a road mishap near Gummallakunta in Anantapur district in the wee hours of Thursday.
The mishap took place when a private bus heading towards Hyderabad from Coimbatore lost control and hit a stationary lorry near Gummallakunta. The collision was so intense that the front portion of the bus got complete damanged. The deceased include bus driver Yesupadam, conductor Anand, two Ayyappa devotees and two women.
The injured passengers have been shifted to RTC Hospital at Battanapalli. The condition of two injured persons is said to be critical and they have been shifted to the Government Hospital in Dharmavaram.
Police have registered a case and efforts are on to identify the deceased. (INN)
2011/9/22 9:13:40 Four people including two women were killed in different train accidents in the city on Thursday.
A man of about 26 years of age and a 35-year-old woman were killed after being hit by a train between Dabeerpura and Malakpet railway stations. The police was yet to ascertain whether both were related.
Another unidentified woman of about 60 years was killed in a train accident between Falaknuma and Budvwel stations. In another case, the body of a 30-year-old man was found on the railway tracks near Falaknuma railway station. He died after being hit by a train.
The identity of all the four deceased is yet to be ascertained. Their bodies have been preserved at the Osmania General Hospital mortuary for autopsy and identification. (INN)
2011/10/19 9:16:02 A 22-year-old youth died on the spot after he was run over by a RTC bus on the NH-7 bus stop here on Wednesday.
The deceased was later identified as Ashok, a resident of Kullapadka village. He was employed as a security guard with the NIRD. According to Shamshabad police, the accident happened when Ashok fell on the road after being hit by a speeding bike near the NH-7 and then run over by the RTC bus. The bike rider also sustained serious injuries in the accident.
In a separate case of hit and run, a 45-year-old man was killed when the bike he was riding was hit by unknown vehicle near Shivarampally on Wednesday.
According to Rajendranagar police, the deceased Syed Shahnawaz, a lineman of electricity department and resident of Hasan Nagar, was killed while he was returning home from Shivarampally. A case has been registered and investigations are on. (INN)
2011/10/27 8:08:27 Two students were killed and another suffered serious injuries when the bike they were riding on hit a road divider near Tadban.
The accident occurred late on Wednesday night near Danamma Huts at Tadbun. According to Bahadurpura police, three students - Anand Davne, Satish P and Mahadev were riding on a same bike which skidded and hit a road divider. Anand and Satish died on the spot. Both of thme were aged around 15 years and were students of a private college at Narayanaguda. Another student Mahadev sustained serious injuries and undergoing treatments at a private hospital.
In another accident, 26-year-old Rakesh died on the spot when the bike he was riding skidded near Pratap Singaram area here on Thursday. Rakesh, a resident of Krishna Nagar, met with the accident while he was returning to his home from Ghatkesar. (INN)
2011/9/19 20:33:04 At least five people were killed and 34 others were injured Monday night in a bomb blast at a market in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar city.
The explosion occurred around 9.00 p.m.
The bomb was planted on a motorcycle outside a CD shop next to the Nishtarabad road, Xinhua reported citing Geo TV.
The blast damaged about 20 shops.
The injured were shifted to the city's Lady Reading Hospital. Five of the injured were in critical condition.
Police said about 10 kg of explosives were used in the explosion.
President Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the attack.
Earlier Monday, eight people, including six policemen, were killed in a suicide car bomb attack outside a senior police officer's house in the southern port city of Karachi.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (IANS)
2011/10/24 8:09:34 One person was killed three others injured when the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in was hit by a CRFP bus here on Monday.
The accident happened near Midhani Township when the auto-rickshaw carrying three passengers was hit by a CRPF bus coming from the opposite direction. Consequently, one person died on the spot and was later identified as Sai Kiran (30). The injured were rushed to the Osmania General Hospital for treatment.
Kanchanbabh police registered a case and are investigating. (INN)
Six killed, seven injured in road accident near Tirupati
2012/4/26 3:14:01 Tirupati, April 26 (INN): At least six persons were killed on the spot and seven others injured when the Qualis they were travelling in rammed into a roadside tree near Mamandur in Renigunta mandal on Kadapa-Tirupati National Highway in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to police, the victims have been identified as Venkateswarlu, Chennaiah, Buddaiah, Narayanamma, Alluraiah and car driver Ravi. All of them belonged to Prakasam district.
The victims board the Qualis vehicle at Errabalem in Giddalur mandal in Ongole to attend a marriage in hill shrine Tirupati. It is suspected that the accident has occurred after the driver lost control on his vehicle while overtaking another vehicle at Mamandur and hit a roadside tree.
The injured have been shifted to SVR Ruia Hospital in Tirupati and a few of them are said to be in a critical condition.
2012/1/13 10:12:49 Four persons were killed on the spot and 10 others sustained injuries when a tractor fell into a gorge near Burugula village in Pyapili mandal in Kurnool district on Friday.
According to police, the victims have been identified as Varalakshmi (30), Rajeswari (25), Kambagiri Swamy (25) and Obalesh (18). All the victims belonged to Burugupalli village and they were working as farm labourers in agriculture field at Burugula village.
The injured have been shifted to the Government General Hospital in Dhone. The condition of a few victims is stated to be critical. The police said that the tractor driver, which the farm labourers boarded, lost control near a curve at Burugula village and fell into gorge. (INN)
2012/1/13 10:12:49 Four persons were killed on the spot and 10 others sustained injuries when a tractor fell into a gorge near Burugula village in Pyapili mandal in Kurnool district on Friday.
According to police, the victims have been identified as Varalakshmi (30), Rajeswari (25), Kambagiri Swamy (25) and Obalesh (18). All the victims belonged to Burugupalli village and they were working as farm labourers in agriculture field at Burugula village.
The injured have been shifted to the Government General Hospital in Dhone. The condition of a few victims is stated to be critical. The police said that the tractor driver, which the farm labourers boarded, lost control near a curve at Burugula village and fell into gorge. (INN)
2012/3/11 5:30:06 Three persons including two women were killed and five others suffered injuries when a tractor and auto-rickshaw fell off a bridge after having a head-on collision.
The incident happened on Edulavanka bridge on Sindupalli and Rayavaram road of Kadapa district on Sunday. According to police, the tractor was carrying sand and it fell on the passengers after both the vehicles fell off the bridge. The deceased include tractor driver Ganapati. The other victims have been identified as Pavalamma and Jayamma.
Five other passengers of auto-rickshaw suffered injuries and were shifted to the government hospital at Rayachoti for treatment. The condition of two passengers is said to be critical. (INN)
2011/10/9 8:59:18 In a case of hit and run, a 39-year-old painter died on the spot after the bike he was riding was hit by an unknown vehicle near Bachupally in the Dundigal police limits.
The incident occurred on the Saturday night when the deceased Tudekula Vali, a resident of Boarampet, was returning home from Jagadgirigutta. The Dundigal police has registered a case and started investigations.
In another accident, a 20-year-old girl Hema died instantaneously after she met with a road accident in the Narsigi police limits on Sunday morning. Hema was a student and a resident of Bandlaguda. (INN)
2011/10/17 8:43:20 In a suspected case of hit and run, a one-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured near Shamshabad bus depot here on Monday.
The woman, who has been shifted to the Osmania General Hospital for treatment, has been identified as Devi, a resident of Mahaboobnagar. Police suspect that they might have been hit and run an unknown vehicle.
Shamshabad police are investigating the case. (INN)
2011/2/10 17:44:28 Srikakulam MP Killi Krupa Rani was injured in a road accident on NH-5 highway at Bogapuram in Vizianagaram district, on yesterday evening. Her car was hit by a passing lorry. She and seven others who were traveling in the car sustained minor injuries and were rushed to Care Hospital in Visakhapatnam. Doctors said that all of them were ok.
2011/6/3 9:44:19 Six persons, including three women and one child, were killed on the spot and five others sustained injuries when a State Road Transport Corporation bus collided with an auto-rickshaw near Chittiboinapalli in Chittoor district on Friday.
According to Gurramkonda police, the mishap took place when the RTC bus, heading towards Gurramkonda from Rayachoti rammed into the auto-rickshaw heading towards Cheruvulapalli from Gurramkonda mandal.
All the six persons who were on board the auto-rickshaw were killed on the spot. The mishap left five others with grievous injuries.
The victims have been identified as N Reddymma (29), A Santhareddy (34) A Venkatamma (40), C Jyothi (15) and M Ramaiah (60). The identity of one victim was yet to be ascertained.
All the victims have been shifted to Ruia Hospital in Tirupati for post-mortem. Among the injured, the condition of a few is stated to be critical.
2011/5/23 3:20:44 The newly formed AIADMK government in Tamilnadu had a bad start with one of its Minister M. Mariyam Pitchaih (61) killed in a road accident. Recently, he was sworn in as Environment Minister of the state. He and another Minister Shivapathi were arriving to participate in the oath taking ceremony of the party MLAs scheduled for Monday. While, on their way to Chennai from Tiruchchi, they met with accident near Perembhudhur in which Minister Pitchaih was spot dead and Shivapathi was seriously injured. However, he is said to be out of danger.
2011/6/16 5:52:21 Manchu Manoj, who is now at Bangkok for shooting of his film Mr.Nokia was minor injured in the sets. While doing a stunt he slipped on the ground and got injured his leg. However, he has okayed the shot after taking first aid. Manchu Manoj is one among those very few actors in Tollywood who prefers to act in the risky stunts without having a dupe. Hence, he said that he is mentally prepared for such accidents and that is why he could act in the stunt scenes.
Mr.Nokia is directed by Anil Krishna and produced by DS Rao. Kriti Karbanda and sexy siren Sana Khan are playing female leads in this movie. Yuvan Shankar Raja is giving tunes to this movie.
2011/8/21 10:52:33 Two persons including a woman were killed in a gruesome road accident at at Lingojigudem in Choutuppal mandal in Nalgonda district in the wee hours of Sunday.
The deceased, later identified as Manemma and Srinu, were daily labourers in a local factory and hailed from Kondanagulu village in Palamur mandal in Mahbubnagar district. They met with the accident when a speeding Volvo bus, proceeding from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad, hit them while they were crossing the road.
According to the police, Manemma died on the spot while Srinu succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital. The police have registered a case and started investigations. (INN)