Hyderabad: A 19-year-old youth was killed after the car he was driving met with an accident on the service road of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) between Umar Khan Guda and Sagar Road area in Telangana on Thursday.
The car, a red Suzuki Brezza, hit the divider and crashed onto one end of the road before turning turtle. The deceased youth was identified as Revanth from Sri Sai Colony in Hayat Nagar. The accident took place near Umar Khan Guda after crossing Koheda when Revanth was on his way to meet his friends in Ibrahimpatnam and was going through the ORR service road. On the complaint of father Srinivas, police registered a case and started an investigation. The body was sent to Osmania Hospital for post-mortem.
Visuals from the spot showed people surrounding the damaged vehicle. The high-speed vehicle after hitting the footpath had swiveled and turned upside down before halting on a nearby field. The Telangana ORR is a 158-kilometer expressway encircling Hyderabad. It is designed for speeds up to 100 km per hour.
The accident took place two days after another road mishap in Telangana in which two youth lost their lives. On Tuesday night, two teenagers died in a road accident near Surya Nursing Home in Karimnagar late. Police officials identified the two as Fouzan Khan (17) and Jainuddin Razvi (17). The two were severely injured after their bike met with an accident while moving towards the R&B guesthouse from Court Chowk. They were shifted to a local hospital where doctors declared them as brought dead.
