Nine killed in road accidents on New Year' eve in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Nine persons were killed in road accidents on the New Year’ eve. Two drunk private guards died in the wee hours of Sunday when their bike hit a road divider in Chandanagar. Seven  others were killed in accidents in Rachakonda and Cyberabad on Saturday night and Sunday.

K Kiran Kumar, 36, residing in Lingampally, and V Vishnumurthy, 43, residing in Narsingi, were security guards at ICICI Towers in Gachibowli. On Saturday, they were on night shift. Near GHMC office in Chandanagar circle, Kiran lost control of his bike at a sharp curve and rammed into the divider. Both died on the spot. In Mailardevapally on Sat-urday night, a 60-year-old businessman Shiva Ba-lak died and his nephew Pavan Lohar  injured when a car coming from the wrong direction rammed into their car.

In Gachibowli on Sunday morning, 25-year-old A Prashanath Kumar from Warangal district died when the bike he was riding rammed into a divider near DLF Junction. On Saturday night, in Nizampet, an auto rickshaw fatally hit Parameshwar, 21, a painter. In Patancheru, 18-year-old construction worker M Sai Kumar was killed as he was hit by an unknown vehicle on the ORR service road on Saturday night.

In Keesara on Sunday, a 72-year-old priest K Jagannadha Sharma died after a TRC bus hit his scooter. In Qutbullapur on Sunday, Sandula Shankaramma, 49, a housewife crossing the road, was killed after being hit by a bike.