One Killed In Road Accident at Banjara Hills Road

Hyderabad: In a major road accident one person died and another was critically injured when the car they were travelling-in hit a divider and overturned.

Eye witnesses said that the car was travelling at high speed and it flipped several times in the air before coming to rest in an overturned position. The deceased car occupant was identified as F Ali and was a student of Muffakham Jah College and resided at MLA Quarters. Traffic police personnel had a tough time pulling out the injured victim from the overturned car. He was rushed to a private hospital.

Following the crash, traffic on the busy Punjagutta-Banjara Hills road came to a grinding halt. Traffic flow from Somajiguda to LV Prasad Eye Hospital via TV9 office stopped for sometime by the police to clear the wreckage. The road prior to the site of the crash has a sharp turn followed by a steep incline which requires drivers to slow down before proceeding. Police suspect that the young driver failed to negotiate the steep incline and crashed into the road divider.