Hyderabad: Six people were killed and three others were injured in a hit and run accident on the Outer Ring Road at Muthangi near Patancheru on early Tuesday morning. An unidentified vehicle hit their MPV from the left and drove away.
The nine men were heading to Nagpur from Bengaluru, on their way home in Jharkhand. Police investigation is on to identify the vehicle that hit their multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) bearing number DL5 CE 5176.
“We are suspecting that it could be a van which hit their vehicle, going by some vehicle parts found at the accident site,” an official said.
“The victims were all carpenters by profession. The three survivors were rushed to hospital and are under treatment. Their condition is said to be out of danger by the duty doctors,” the official said.
The deceased were identified as Kamalesh Lohare, Hari Lohare, Pramod Buher, Vinor Buher, Pawan Kumar and another person from Bangladesh had not been identified, said the police, adding that the injured were identified as Pramod Kumar, Arjun, Anand and Chandra Vamsi.
