Telangana: Cop falls to death while inspecting fatal accident in Karimnagar

HYDERABAD: A police constable, who had gone to inspect a fatal accident and clear traffic snarl, fell to his death from a bridge at the accident spot in Karimnagar on Sunday morning. Two persons, including the constable, died in a span of a few hours at Alaganur bridge on Manair river.
Constable B Chandrasekhar, 55, lost his life while inspecting the road accident involving school teacher, G Srinivas, 40, who lost control over his car and the vehicle fell off the bridge in Karimnagar town.
Around 9.15am, a Blue Colts team of Karimnagar I Town police station, comprising constable Chandrasekhar and a home guard, received an alert from ‘Dial 100’ about a road accident at Alaganur bridge, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Karimnagar P Ashok said.
The Blue Colts team rushed to the accident spot. “The car, driven by school teacher G Srinivas, crashed into the bridge railing when a speeding truck rammed into it from the rear. The car plunged into the river, which hardly had any water. Srinivas, who was driving the car, died on the spot. His wife Swaroopa suffered severe injuries,” the ACP added. Srinivas and his wife were heading to Komuravelli Mallanna temple in Siddipet district when the accident occurred.
Minuters after getting the alert, Chandrasekhar along with other police personnel reached the accident spot and started regulating traffic.
“After some time, Chandrasekhar went to the bridge’s damaged cement railing to look at the car and the rescue effort. He leaned on to the railing to look at the car. The rickety railing moved and Chandrasekhar lost balance and fell off the bridge at 9.32am. Immediately, our staff reached him, brought him up and rushed to a hospital in an ambulance by 9.59pm. While undergoing treatment, he succumbed to injuries,” Karimnagar police commissioner V B Kamalasan Reddy said.
After the accident, the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from the scene. “We have booked a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 (ii) of the IPC against the truck driver,” the commissioner said.
Constable Chandrasekhar of the 1990 batch is survived by wife and two children — a widowed daughter who is a government employee, and a son who is an unemployed engineering graduate.
The police launched a manhunt to nab the truck driver.