A 23-year-old man who was due to marry in two days was among two people killed after the car he was driving crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a passenger auto near Ananthapur village in Telangana’s Vikarabad district on Sunday morning. Seven auto passengers were injured in the crash.
The accident occurred at about 7.30 am in Bomraspet mandal, police said. According to sub-inspector Bala Venkata Ramana, the front-left tyre of the car suddenly burst while Budatha Srisailam was travelling from Hyderabad towards his native place.
The tyre failure caused Srisailam to lose control of the vehicle. The car veered onto the opposite side of the road and struck the passenger auto, which was carrying eight people. The collision was severe, killing Srisailam and one of the auto occupants at the scene, police said.
The second deceased person was identified as a native of Bihar. His identity and other details had not been established when the report was filed. The seven injured passengers were taken to Kodangal Government Hospital for treatment.
Srisailam was a resident of Lagacharla village in Dudyala mandal. His wedding had been scheduled for Tuesday, and preparations were under way at his home when the family received news of the crash. Relatives and family members were left grieving in the days before the planned ceremony.
Police shifted the bodies to the mortuary at Kodangal Government Hospital for post-mortem examinations. A case has been registered, and investigators are examining the circumstances that led to the tyre burst, the loss of control and the head-on collision.
The crash involved a passenger vehicle carrying several people on a road linking Hyderabad with villages in the Vikarabad region. Police said the investigation is continuing to establish the full circumstances of the accident.
