Hyderabad: Drunk truck driver rams into two-wheeler, kills a couple
2 Dec 2024 12:20 AM IST
Dinesh Giddi (35) and Mona Bai (32)
HYDERABAD: A drunk driver rammed his vehicle into a two-wheeler late on Saturday night on the Tipu Khan bridge leading to the death of a couple on the bike, Langar Houz police said on Sunday.
Police identified the driver as Pranay (23), from Vikarabad. Langer Houz
inspector K. Raghav Kumar said that Pranay had a blood alcohol content (BAC)
of 138 micrograms of alcohol for 100 millilitres of blood. This is more than
four times the permissible limit of 30.
The inspector said that Pranay was not even in a condition to walk when he
was arrested and brought to the police station. He was coming to the city
from Chevella, taking the Moinabad road where checking for drunken driving
is nearly absent.
inspector K. Raghav Kumar said that Pranay had a blood alcohol content (BAC)
of 138 micrograms of alcohol for 100 millilitres of blood. This is more than
four times the permissible limit of 30.
The inspector said that Pranay was not even in a condition to walk when he
was arrested and brought to the police station. He was coming to the city
from Chevella, taking the Moinabad road where checking for drunken driving
is nearly absent.
At around 10.20 pm, Pranav was reportedly driving at 110 kmph when he lost
control of his vehicle and rammed into the two-wheeler on which Dinesh Giddi
(35) and Mona Bai (32) were heading home. Mona died immediately while Dinesh succumbed on the way to a hospital.
The car dragged the couple for a small distance before coming to a halt. It
also hit four other road-users. The four injured persons, Md Arbaz, Md Javed
Ali, Naheem and Akhtar, were admitted to a nearby hospital and later
discharged after their condition was found to be stable.
Other motorists rushed to help the victims. They caught hold of Pranav and
called the police, who took him into custody.
The deceased couple have two daughters, aged 10 and 12. Mona Bai, who had
just returned from Goa, had promised to spend time with the children before
stepping out with her husband.
Speaking to the media, their elder daughter said, “My mother spoke to me and
left and just ten minutes later I got a call from my aunt. I could
understand that something wrong had happened with my parents. When I reached there, I saw the bodies of my parents in an ambulance. Nobody cared.
Everybody was busy in their own world. Nobody was doing anything.”
Zubair, an eye-witness said, “The incident happened right beside me. I had
stopped my bike to wear a mask and the next moment I see the car hit the
couple.” He said Mona Bai died on the spot but Giddi was alive.
“We called the ambulance, police, but for 35 minutes nobody turned up. We
finally put them in a vehicle and took them to the hospital,” Zubair
alleged. “The doctor told us that had we shifted him a little earlier, he
would have survived.”
control of his vehicle and rammed into the two-wheeler on which Dinesh Giddi
(35) and Mona Bai (32) were heading home. Mona died immediately while Dinesh succumbed on the way to a hospital.
The car dragged the couple for a small distance before coming to a halt. It
also hit four other road-users. The four injured persons, Md Arbaz, Md Javed
Ali, Naheem and Akhtar, were admitted to a nearby hospital and later
discharged after their condition was found to be stable.
Other motorists rushed to help the victims. They caught hold of Pranav and
called the police, who took him into custody.
The deceased couple have two daughters, aged 10 and 12. Mona Bai, who had
just returned from Goa, had promised to spend time with the children before
stepping out with her husband.
Speaking to the media, their elder daughter said, “My mother spoke to me and
left and just ten minutes later I got a call from my aunt. I could
understand that something wrong had happened with my parents. When I reached there, I saw the bodies of my parents in an ambulance. Nobody cared.
Everybody was busy in their own world. Nobody was doing anything.”
Zubair, an eye-witness said, “The incident happened right beside me. I had
stopped my bike to wear a mask and the next moment I see the car hit the
couple.” He said Mona Bai died on the spot but Giddi was alive.
“We called the ambulance, police, but for 35 minutes nobody turned up. We
finally put them in a vehicle and took them to the hospital,” Zubair
alleged. “The doctor told us that had we shifted him a little earlier, he
would have survived.”
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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