Hyderabad: Three workers died and 14 others sustained injuries after the cargo van they were travelling in rammed into a truck on Outer Ring Road (ORR) under Rajendranagar police station limits late on Saturday. According to police, 17 workers, including the van driver, left for an ashram in Muchintal at about 9 am on Nov 7 to carry out construction, painting and gardening work. The accident occurred at around 11 pm when they were returning to their pickup point in Moinabad.While travelling on the ORR, the van rammed into a truck ahead of it near exit ramp 18, close to Telangana State Police Academy. The truck driver allegedly took a right turn without switching on the indicators, leading to the collision. All 17 occupants of the van, including the driver, K Narasimha, sustained injuries.The injured were initially taken in an ambulance to a private hospital in Langar House. Later, 10 of them were shifted to another private hospital in Nanakramguda, where one of the victims, Lingaraj Shetty (30), succumbed to his injuries. Two other injured workers, Suraj Roy (25) and J Pentaiah (64), also died while undergoing treatment in the early hours of Sunday.In his complaint to the police, Pentaiah’s son J Raj Kumar alleged that negligent driving by both the truck and van drivers had led to the deaths of the three persons. He requested the police to initiate appropriate legal action. “I was told that the truck driver turned right without switching on the indicators. The van driver also drove negligently and crashed into the truck,” the complainant alleged.Rajendranagar DI M Vijay Mohan said the injured workers were out of danger. A case was registered against the truck and van drivers under Sections 106(a) (causing death due to negligence) and 125(a) (causing hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the BNS.
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