Hyderabad: Drunk cab driver kills motorist

Hyderabad: A drunk taxi driver, identified as S. Bhaskar, crashed his vehicle into a two-wheeler, killing the rider at Koheda in Hayathnagar on Wednesday night.
The victim, N. Siddappa, 30, a farmer, who suffered a head injury, died on the spot.

“The driver was speeding. The car came to the right side of the road and rammed into the bike. The victim was flung into the air and hit the road,” said a police officer from the Hayathnagar police station.

After the accident, when locals caught the driver, they smelled alcohol in his breath. They informed the police who arrested him. “He was too drunk to drive. He had consumed alcohol after his previous trip and was returning from Koheda,” said a police officer.