Software Engineer Killed In Road Mishap While Searching Destination On Google Map

Hyderabad, May 15 (Maxim News): A software engineer was killed and his two friends were injured in a road accident in Hyderabad while trying to search their destination on Google map after they had lost their way.

The accident occured on PVNR Expressway when the trio on their motorbike was returning after realizing that they were heading in the wrong direction. MHNVS Charan (22), working for a leading IT firm at Pocharam, was killed in the accident which occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. He was riding the vehicle with his two friends riding pillion.

Hailing from a village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Charan was employed at a leading IT firm in Pocharam on the outskirts of Hyderabad. He along with his friends was staying at a township nearby. On the weekend. Nine friends on three motorbikes had come to the city. According to police, the trio went to see the new Secretariat and recently installed statue of Ambedkar. After spending some time at Tank Bund, they decided to go to Cable Bridge. Since they were not familiar with the city, they opened Google maps on their phones to reach the destination. Charan headed towards Mehdipatnam and took the PVNR Expressway without apparently realizing that two wheelers were prohibited on this stretch. (Maxim News)

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