22-yr-old student dies as SUV flipped over at Shaikpet in Hyderabad

​Hyderabad: In a freak accident, a 22-year-old youth dies when Mercedes Benz car he was driving turned turtle after an electric pole in the early hours of Saturday. 

According to police, Kandakatla Rahul Reddy, 22, a student, resident of Winster villa, Mokila village in Shankarpally, was driving the vehicle from Film Nagar towards Gachibowli around 3.15 am. After reaching Hanuman temple near Shaikpet on Gachibowli Road (Old Mumbai Road), his vehicle hit the electric pole and the impact was such that the vehicle flipped over three times before landing upside down. 

Rahul sustained head injuries though air bags opened. He died while being shifting to a hospital. Rahul was accompanied by his fried Nunna Sai Cheran, also 22-year-old and resident of Lanko Hills in Manikonda. They were returning from a common friend’s residence in Jubilee Hills. A case has been registered under Raidurgam police station and police began investigation.