Hyderabad: DCM van rams into lorry on ORR, driver killed

A driver of DCM van was killed on the spot after the vehicle rammed into a parked cement-laden lorry here at ORR near Rampally under Keesara police station limits on Sunday.

The driver stuck in the cabin and succumbed to injuries. Passersby alerted the police who reached and removed the dead body using a crane. The deceased was identified as Palleti Ganesh, a native of Appareddypalli in Madgul of Rangareddy district.

The Keesara police registered a case and shifted the body to Gandhi Hospital.

In another road accident that occurred in the morning hours on Sunday, five of a family died in a road mishap in Karimnagar. All the victims were returning home from a hospital when the accident occurred at Gangadhara mandal of the district.