Three persons were killed and two were injured in four separate accidents which took place on Wednesday in Hyderabad.
Just a day after a 35-year-old woman riding a two-wheeler was mowed down by an RTC bus in Banjara Hills, another woman was killed in a similar accident by a lorry in Kushaiguda. The deceased was identified as Saritha, a resident of ECIL. She was travelling on her scooter from Kushaiguda towards her house when the lorry hit her from behind. The incident occurred at around 3pm.
In the accident, Saritha suffered head injury and succumbed. After the accident, the lorry driver fled from the spot leaving the vehicle behind. Police have registered a case under Section 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC.
In another series of road accidents which took place at Malakpet and Kukatpally, two persons identified as 20-year-old Shekar and 25-year-old Syed Khasim died. While Shekar was hit by an RTC bus, Khasim died after being hit by a speeding lorry.
According to The Times of India, Shekar, a resident of Dilsukhnagar was travelling from Dilsukhnagar to Moosarambagh on his two-wheeler, when an RTC bus proceeding towards Secunderabad from Dilsukhnagar crashed into his bike. Shekhar died on the spot.
Syed Khasim, a resident of Ayyappa Society, who reportedly works as a bus driver at a college died after his two-wheeler was hit by a speeding lorry from behind, near Vasanth Nagar Bus Stop in Kukatpally on Wednesday. Khasim was crushed under the rear tyre of the lorry.
In another accident which took place in LB Nagar, two women were injured after a car hit them before overturning. The victims are availing treatment at a private hospital.
