Accident: Woman killed, 4 injured as car jumps off Outer Ring Road of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A woman was killed and four others were injured when their car rammed into a railing at Abdullapurmet on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) on Sunday. T. Vijay Kumar, a resident of Adilabad and manager of the Karimnagar branch of the Telangana Grameena Bank, was on his way to Mantralayam along with his family. As they were passing Taramatipet on the Outer Ring Road, the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a railing.
It flipped over upon impact and landed upside down. All the persons in the vehicle were rushed to a nearby private hospital, where Vijay Kumar’s wife T. Vanaja, 50, succumbed 4 vehicles were damaged in another accident on the ORR at Shamshabad. All passengers escaped with injuries.
99 drunk drivers sent to jail
The Hyderabad traffic police has filed 545 chargesheets and secured conviction of 99 drunk drivers. Two of these drivers lost the licence, and 13 had their papers suspended for six months. Penalties worth Rs 11,79,200 were imposed on the drunk drivers. The 99 drivers were convicted to spend a day to 10 days at the Chanchalguda Jail. According to the traffic police, the drunk drivers may likely to face difficulties in getting government jobs, passports and visa clearance. The violators will be sent for counselling at Traffic Training Institute Goshamahal and Begumpet.
Drunk causes ORR smash
In an alleged accident due to a drunk motorist, two persons sustained injuries in Narsingi on Sunday morning. The incident occurred when the scooterist rammed his vehicle into a car coming in the opposite direction. Due to the effect, the car swerved and went down the road, while the scooter flung in the air and fell a few meters away.
A car that swerved off the road to avoid a drunk scooterist
According to sources, the incident occurred in Kokapet village limits, the scooterist riding at high speed allegedly under the effect of alcohol, overtook another vehicle moving in front of him and later crashed into the car coming in the opposite direction.
