Car flies off flyover, crushes housewife

Woman killed as car falls off Hyderabad's Biodiversity Park flyover

Second fatal accident on the newly inaugurated Biodiversity Park flyover in Gachibowli.

A car, zooming at 104 kmph, fell off the newly inaugurated Biodiversity Park flyover after ramming the cement concrete crash barrier, resulting in the death of a woman.

The car, driven by a 27-year-old person, plunged from the highest point (18 metres) of the flyover and crash-landed on the road below, where people were waiting at an auto stand on the busy IT Corridor in Gachibowli.

The woman, identified as Pasala Naga Venkata Satyaveni (40) from Manikonda, was a home-maker.

The video footage of the accident shows that the red four-wheeler picked up speed soon after taking the flyover and a few metres later it flung into the air after climbing the barrier. The driver, Kalvakuntla Krishna Milan Rao, a resident of Jubilee Hills, failed to negotiate a curve and lost control, said Madhapur ACP N Shyam Prasad Rao.

Mr. Rao said the accident took place around 1.20 p.m. and the vehicle, after crash-landing on the road below opposite Nissan Car Showroom, bounced and went on to hit people who were standing on the roadside. "The car fell on a tree, killed the woman, skidded for a few metres, damaging several vehicles parked on the roadside, and came to a halt after uprooting a tree," he said.

Four others, including Milan, and Satyaveni's 24-year-old daughter Pranitha, suffered injuries in the accident, while a few received minor injuries.

Others injured were identified as K. Kubra (23), a native of Anantapur, and auto driver Balu Naik from Serilingampally. They were rushed to a nearby hospital and discharged in the evening.

M Rajeshwari, resident of Vidyanagar, said that five minutes before the accident, she stopped her bike on the roadside to attend a phone call. "It was a close shave for me," said the traumatised woman.