Four members of a family were killed and the driver of their car was seriously injured in a road accident on NH-44 near Palamakula village in Ranga Reddy district on Friday night.
The accident occurred around 1.45 am when five persons were travelling from Mahbubnagar to Shamshabad after attending Ganesh immersion celebrations at their native place in Nawabpet. The driver, Ashok, lost control of the vehicle near Palamakula and veered off the road before crashing into the culvert, according to police.
Police said they had travelled to their native village to participate in Ganesh immersion celebrations. Police said the front portion of the car was completely mangled in the crash. The impact was severe, killing all four passengers on the spot. Ashok suffered grievous injuries and was shifted to a hospital. The deceased hailed from Nawabpet in Mahbubnagar district, while Limbya and his family were residing in Madhura Nagar, Shamshabad. The deployment of the two front airbags is believed to have helped the driver survive.
A case under section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (causing death by negligence) has been registered. The accident came days after another immersion-related tragedy in Telangana, in which six students of Shirisha Charitable Trust orphanage school-cum-college drowned while immersing a Ganesh idol in a pond at Peddakanjerla village in Sangareddy district on Sept 16.
When asked whether it was a case of drunk driving, the inspector said the driver’s blood samples had been collected.