Hyderabad: Architect dies as car brakes fail on ORR, wife injured

HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old architect died and his wife suffered injuries in a road accident on the

Outer Ring Road

(

ORR

) at

Abdullapurmet

on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as M

Sharath Kumar

, from RNS Colony in Boduppal.

According to Abdullapurmet police, Sharath Kumar and his wife, M Jyothi went to attend a function at

Kokapet

on Monday night and the mishap occurred at Taramatipet on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at 12.30am while they were returning home in their car.

“The car brakes were suddenly jammed and the vehicle crashed into a truck from behind. The front portion of the car got stuck under the truck. Sharath Kumar suffered severe bleeding injuries on his head, chest and his wife Jyothi suffered minor injuries,” Abdullapurmet SI V Janakiram Reddy said.

The injured couple were rushed to a corporate hospital in

Santosh Nagar

.

While undergoing treatment, Sharath Kumar succumbed to injuries at around 4am. Police registered a case under Section 304-A and 337 of the IPC.