Two critically injured after car hits steel-rod lorry on Hyderabad ring road
Three people were injured when a Mahindra XEV 9S struck the rear of a lorry carrying steel rods on Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road, police said. The collision triggered a chain reaction involving three other cars. Two of the injured were in critical condition after being taken to a private hospital.
Three people were injured after a Mahindra XEV 9S crashed into the rear of a lorry carrying steel rods on Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road, police said. Two of those injured were reported to be in critical condition. The collision occurred at about 4 a.m.
on Sunday, October 4, while the lorry was travelling from the Outer Ring Road towards Gachibowli X-Roads, according to the police account reported by The Hindu. The driver of the XEV 9S was injured and taken to hospital. Two other people also sustained injuries and were transported by Outer Ring Road personnel to a private hospital in Hitec City.
The impact caused one of the cars involved to move into an adjacent lane, where it struck vehicles that were travelling there. Three cars then collided in succession, with two of them suffering extensive damage. Police said the crash involved a total of four cars and the lorry.
The other vehicles were damaged, but the available report did not give details of their occupants or say whether anyone else required medical treatment. The authorities had not released the identities of the injured or provided further updates on their condition at the time of the report. Police inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were continuing.
The accident took place in the early hours of Sunday and was reported on October 5. The source material did not state whether any case had been registered or whether the lorry driver had been questioned.
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