Two dead, 4 injured in road accident

Metro India News | JANGAON

A tragic road accident occurred on the Warangal National Highway in the early hours of Saturday, claiming two lives and leaving four others seriously injured. The accident took place at around 2:30 a.m. near Govardhagiri Dargah in Raghunathpalli Mandal of Jangaon district. According to police, an Ertiga car was traveling from Hyderabad towards Hanamkonda when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, causing it to plunge into a roadside ditch.

Six people were traveling in the car at the time of the accident. Two occupants, identified as M.D. Asad (26) and Apsa Habib (27), died on the spot. Four others—driver Rahamuddin Khan, Shahid Begum, Ilesha, and Reshma—sustained severe injuries. Preliminary investigations by the police suggest that the accident may have been caused by the driver falling asleep at the wheel, resulting in the vehicle losing control.

All the victims have been identified as residents of Nayeem Nagar in Warangal. Upon receiving information about the incident, police rushed to the scene and shifted the injured victims to the Area Hospital in Jangaon for treatment. The bodies of the deceased were also moved to the hospital mortuary for postmortem procedures. Sub-Inspector Dudimetla Naresh Yadav stated that a case has been registered and an investigation into the accident is underway.