3 die as car rams into lorry in Medchal

Medchal, November 1: Three persons died when their vehicle hit a lorry near Kandlakoya, Medchal district on Sunday night. Another nine persons were injured, among them two persons’ condition is critical.
 
A ration shop owner Shankar Gupta (46), resident of Gummididala, Sangareddy district, along with his wife, son and two daughters, wife’s sister’s family and brother-in-law went to Srisailam on Sunday morning. They took the car of one Narasimha Reddy. They started return journey at 5 pm on the same day. 
 
At the temporary toll plaza at Kandlakoya junction, their vehicle rammed into the lorry going in front of them. Shankar Gupta, his brother-in-law Suresh and driver Narasimha Reddy died on the spot with severe head injuries. Two women – Rupa and Sandhya – received severe injuries and their condition is critical. The remaining seven people were also injured. The injured were shifted to Yashoda Hospital in Secunderabad. The bodies were shifted to Gandhi hospital.
 
Medchal police registered a case and took up investigation.
 
Narasimha Reddy, who drove the vehicle, runs his car on rent for a private company. He took Shankar Gupta and others since it was Sunday. As he has to attend duty on Monday, he drove the vehicle with high speed. Police suspect he might fallen asleep as Narasimha Reddy had no rest since he was continuously driving since morning.