
Hyderabad: Tragedy struck a wedding ceremony organized at Huzurabad
in Karimnagar on Thursday morning after a road accident claimed the life of a
three-month-baby boy at Kondagattu in Jagtial district in the wee hours.
The incident prompted the family members to
cancel the wedding as the bridegroom also suffered serious injuries. At least half a dozen people including
bridegroom Mahesh, a native of Nanded in Maharashtra, suffered injuries when a
car in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding van at Kondagattu.
Mahesh along with the boy Rudra and four other family members were travelling
in the car to attend the wedding at Huzurabad.
Mallial Sub-Inspector (SI) A Naresh Kumar said
all the injured persons were admitted to the hospital in Jagtial where the
doctors kept them under observation.
According to SI, more than 50 people started
from Nanded on Wednesday night to attend the wedding. A large number of people
were travelling in a van, while Mahesh, Rudra and other family members were in
car and heading to Huzurabad.
A few minutes after the car reached
Kondagattu, another van loaded with mangoes came from the opposite direction
and rammed into it around 3.30 am. As a result, the car’s bonnet was damaged
completely, causing death to the toddler and injuries to Mahesh and others, the
SI said.
“We primarily suspect that
the incident could have occurred after the van driver dozed off while driving
the vehicle. We booked a case against the driver under provisions of BNS and
detained him,” SI said, adding that further investigation was on.