Five people were killed and one sustained injuries in a tragic accident when the car they were travelling in lost control and plunged into a lake near Jalalpur village in Bhoodan Pochampally Mandal, Telangana’s Yadadri Bhongir district. The incident occurred early Saturday morning.
The victims, all residents of the LB Nagar area in Hyderabad, have been identified as Vamsi (23), Dignesh (21), Harsha (21), Balu (19), and Vinay (21). The injured individual, Manikanth (21), is currently receiving medical treatment. According to police reports, the group had left their homes late at night and headed to the village to consume fresh toddy early in the morning. Local sources suggest that the victims were intoxicated at the time of the incident.
The police suspect drunk driving as the cause of the crash. Authorities confirmed that the car, while speeding, veered off the road and fell into the lake in the Yadadri Bhongir district. Upon receiving the distress call, a team from the Telangana Police swiftly arrived at the scene, rushed the injured to a nearby hospital, and retrieved the bodies of the deceased. The bodies were later sent for a postmortem examination.
A senior police official confirmed that a case has been registered, and the bodies will be handed over to the families once the legal formalities are completed. Local authorities and police worked together to retrieve the car from the lake, with a video from the scene showing the coordinated efforts.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing, and the police have yet to confirm whether alcohol played a role in the car losing control.
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