Hyderabad, Oct. 27: A truck driver was crushed to death after a granite block fell onto his vehicle’s cabin in an accident on the Khammam–Devarapalli Greenfield Highway in Telangana’s Khammam district on Tuesday, October 27.
The accident occurred during the early hours near Snanala Lakshmipuram village in Wyra mandal. According to Wyra Sub-Inspector of Police Pushpala Rama Rao, a truck carrying large granite blocks from Karimnagar towards Kakinada rammed into another truck from behind.
Khammam Greenfield Highway Accident Disrupts Traffic
The impact caused one of the granite blocks to fall onto the truck’s driver cabin, crushing the driver, identified as Shaik Anikul, a native of West Bengal.
Police and highway maintenance personnel worked for around four hours to retrieve the driver’s body from the damaged vehicle.
The accident disrupted vehicular movement on the highway. Sub-Inspector Rama Rao and his team later cleared the affected stretch and restored traffic movement.
Wyra police registered a case and launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to the collision.
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