Labourer dies after being struck by car while placing safety cones on Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road
A 48-year-old labourer was killed after being struck by a speeding car while placing safety cones on Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road. Police have registered a case against the 23-year-old driver for negligent driving.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the dangers faced by road maintenance workers and the ongoing issue of traffic safety on high-speed expressways.
A 48-year-old labourer was killed after a car allegedly rammed into him while he was placing safety indication cones on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) near Exit 15 at Pedda Golconda on Friday morning.
Nemaligari Naveen Raj, a resident of Nagaram village in Shamshabad mandal, was working as a labourer with Abitej Enterprises for the past two years. He had gone to the ORR around 9 a.m. for work.
According to the complaint lodged by his wife Nemaligari Andalu, Naveen Raj was working on the ORR near Exit 15 on the Tukkuguda-Gachibowli carriageway around 9.20 a.m. when he was hit by a car from behind allegedly being driven at a high speed and in a negligent manner.
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