Kanpur tourist killed, 17 injured in accident on Srisailam Ghat road

A 25-year-old tourist from Kanpur was killed and 17 others, including two motorcyclists, were injured after a passenger vehicle hit a motorcycle and overturned on the Srisailam Ghat road in Nagarkurnool district on Monday morning.

The deceased was identified as Aman Gupta. Amarabad Inspector Chandraiah said a group of 16 people from Kanpur had come to visit the temple and were returning when the accident occurred near the Octopus viewpoint in Eegalapenta between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.

According to the officer, the driver of the Trax Toofan vehicle was trying to avoid a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction from Hyderabad when the accident occured. “The car driver, in an attempt to avoid hitting the motorcycle, rammed into a tree. However, the two men on the motorcycle also fell in the impact, which brought the tree down and the vehicle overturned,” explained the officer.