The car, carrying Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender, which met with an accident in Edulaguttapalli village of Manakondur mandal on Saturday evening, was going at a speed of 130 km per hour when the mishap occurred, top police sources said.
The driver, Rafeeq, lost control while trying to overtake a tipper-lorry, which suddenly made a right turn towards a stone crusher unit on the road, hit the lorry and turned turtle three times resulting in injuries to the Minister and four others including the driver, the police official said.
Security lapses
When asked whether there were any security lapses on the police front, police sources clarified that the Minister’s car even crossed the police advance pilot escort vehicle led by Manakondur sub-inspector.
The police also said that they had shifted the tipper-lorry to the police station and arrested the driver for not using signals while making a right turn.
“However, it was a miraculous escape for everybody in the car since it was bullet-proof,” they quipped.
Earlier accident
It may be recalled that the Minister’s car had earlier met with an accident in Singapur village of Huzurabad mandal when it hit a tree due to high speed.
Luckily, the Minister was travelling in the vehicle and he was in another vehicle along with Karimnagar Member of Parliament B. Vinod Kumar and ZP chairperson Tula Uma during the period.
