Doctor charred to death as car catches fire in Hyderabad

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, September 19

In a tragic incident, a 39-year-old doctor was charred to death after his car caught on fire on the Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR) late Saturday night.

The orthopaedic surgeon was working at the prestigious Yashoda Hospital here. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Identified as Dr Sudheer, he was alone in his car and was charred as he was trapped inside.

ORR has witnessed many such incidents in the recent past where technical glitches have been reported to be the cause of the fire.

It has been a day of road accidents in the state as eight more deaths have been reported in two other accidents. Police said three persons died in an accident in Nagarkurnool district after a bus from the state transport department from Devarakonda depot hit an auto-rickshaw in which the victims were travelling.

The victims were identified as Kethavat Jambrunaiak (65), Jatavath Poli (70) and auto driver Jatavath Srinu (32), natives of Surya Thanda.

Five persons died at Muthyalammagudem National Highway 65 of Kattangur Mandal in Nalgonda district in yet another freak accident.

Inspector PND Prasad of the Nakrekal (Rural) Circle said the car victims were travelling, hit a transport container while overtaking another lorry. After hitting the container, the driver lost control, and the car turned turtle.

The deceased were identified as Kadiri Gopal Reddy (31) and his wife Rachana, natives of Itharajupalem of Cheemakurthi Mandal in Prakasham district, and their friend Prashanth (24), a native of Nuziveedu in Krishna district in the first accident. In the second accident, K Vinay Kumar (21) and P Shiva Prasad (23), residents of Hyderabad, died on the spot.

All the victims except Rachana died on the spot. Rachana died while undergoing treatment at Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences at Narketpally.