Nalgonda: Two men riding a moped were run over by a DCM van on Narketpally-Addanki road near Cherlapally village in Nalgonda on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Chintha Narsimha, 45, and Devarakonda Srinivas Rao, 44, residents of Cherlapally village. They were working as watchmen with the Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).
The road accident occurred at 9 am when a DCM van hit the TVS Excel moped on which the victims were riding. After hitting the moped, the DCM sped away. Deceased Narsimha and Srinivas Reddy were going towards Narketpally to attend to their duties. When they were crossing the road at a divider, a DCM, which was coming from Narketpally side hit them resulting in instant deaths.
Nalgonda Rural police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to District Government Hospital at Nalgonda for post-mortem. The police were making efforts to identify the DCM vehicle involved in the accident by examining footage of CC Cameras, which was installed near the spot of the accident. (NSS)
