Hyderabad: A 30-year-old constable and his two-month-old son were killed and his wife seriously injured in an accident on the Hyderabad-Bijapur highway in Ranga Reddy district on Saturday. The mishap occurred when one of the tyres of the car in which the family was travelling got punctured and the car hit an Army vehicle.
The deceased are Shankarapuram Srinivas and his son. His wife Sunitha is admitted in hospital. Police said Srinivas was working as a constable at Jagathgirigutta police station under Cyberabad Commissionerate and was staying in Kukatpally.
Police said he started in his friend’s car on Friday night for his village. When the vehicle reached Malkapur Gate on the highway, one of its tyres got punctured and Srinivas lost control on the wheel and hit an Army vehicle coming from the opposite direction. Army personnel and passersby pulled out his wife and rushed her to Osmania Hospital. Police registered an accidental death case. The bodies were handed over to relatives after autopsy.
