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AR Constable Killed as Car Runs Amok in Ongole

Vehicle loses control, hits cyclist and multiple vehicles; three others injured in Prakasam district

Ongole: An Armed Reserve (AR) constable was killed after a car carrying women doctors went out of control and caused a major accident in Ongole on Sunday.

The incident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle, which rammed into a cyclist identified as AR constable Mariyadasu (36). The impact threw him onto a service road on the opposite side, killing him on the spot.

The car then continued forward, hitting a garbage auto and a two-wheeler, leaving three others with minor injuries.

Police said the occupants of the car were women doctors who had come to attend a state-level gynecologists’ conference in Ongole. The accident took place on Sunday morning when they were returning from a coffee shop.

Upon receiving information, district SP V. Harshavardhan Raju rushed to the spot and inspected the scene. Circle Inspector T. Vijay Krishna has registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident.

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