Overview
- A speeding tipper struck a stationary container lorry on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada National Highway near Hayathnagar Police Station, crushing the tipper’s cab and trapping its driver.
- Hayathnagar police and ambulance teams carried out a rescue that lasted almost an hour, using cutters to extricate the driver from the mangled cabin.
- The trapped driver was identified as Sampangi Naveen of Chinna Raviryala village and was moved to a nearby private hospital with serious injuries and a reported stable condition.
- The crash caused major congestion and traffic police diverted vehicles onto a service road until crews cleared the scene and normal flow resumed.
- Hayathnagar police have opened an investigation into the collision, with initial accounts citing speeding and a tyre burst on the stationary vehicle as factors being examined.