Hyderabad: Two farmers who were returning home after receiving a person at the RGI Airport were killed and two others were severely injured when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a parked trailer truck on Rajiv Rahadari Highway in Siddipet district on Sunday.
Police said the mishap occurred as the lorry driver had parked the vehicle without indicators. The bodies of the deceased got stuck in the iron rods jutting out from the lorry. The dead are Mahankali Anil, 28, and Bathini Ramesh, 26. Santosh, 26, and B. Shekar, 23, were injured seriously in the accident.
The victims belonged to Chokkaraopally village in Karimnagar district and had gone to receive one Shekhar who was returning from the Gulf, police said.
Ramesh’s younger brother Shekhar who was working in the Gulf was coming home on vacation. Ramesh, his friend Anil and Santosh started in a car on Saturday night to receive him at the RGI Airport, They picked up Shekar and started back with Santosh at the wheel. When the vehicle reached the outskirts of Kondapaka village, Santosh suddenly saw a trailer truck parked on the road, but he could not control the vehicle and rammed into the truck. The truck was carrying iron rods which stuck out of the truck’s body.
Anil and Ramesh died on the spot as the rods pierced their bodies while the other two sustained severe injuries.
“The accident occu-rred due to the negligence of the truck driver who had parked his vehicle on the road without taking safety precautions,” Kuknoorpalli SI G. Santosh Kumar said.
Police registered a case of accidental death against truck driver Mallesh who is absconding. The bodies were handed over to the families. A hunt is on for Mallesh who is absconding.
