Four of Hyderabad family killed in NH-44 accident in Nizamabad

Two adults, two children die; two children critically injured

August 10, 2022 10:02 am | Updated August 11, 2022 10:08 am IST - HYDERABAD

The car that crashed into the NH-44 highway median in Nizamabad district limits, killing four out of six travellers, on August 10, 2022.

The car that crashed into the NH-44 highway median in Nizamabad district limits, killing four out of six travellers, on August 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: K.V. Ramana

Four persons, including two children, of a family from Toli Chowki in Hyderabad, were killed on the spot when the car they were travelling by lost control and crashed into the NH-44 highway median in Nizamabad district limits on Wednesday.

The car had six occupants – two adults and four children – at the time of the accident at around 6.30 a.m.

Mupkal police said the family hailed from the Toli Chowki neighbourhood in Hyderabad and was headed to Nirmal. Details of the victims were being collected.

Preliminarily, the police suspect the car went out of control allegedly as the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The car, when it reached Kothapalli village limits on the highway, first crashed into the median and flipped over several times before ramming into the railing on the side.

The two survivors were said to have sustained critical injuries. Police have shifted the victims to the nearest hospital for emergency care.

Mupkal police have opened a probe.

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