Torrential showers in Hyderabad last night killed the son of Andhra Pradesh’s senior minister in an accident. The mishap occurred when P Nishit, 23 years old son of P Narayana, municipal administration minister of Andhra Pradesh was driving his Mercedez Benz car which broke into a metro pillar in Hyderabad.
The incident took place at around 3 am between the Pedamma Temple and Pillar number 9 in the Jubilee Hills area, Hyderabad.
As predicted by Skymet Weather, torrential rains along with hailstorm and gusty winds lashed the capital of Telangana due to which most of the roads were submerged under rain water. P Nishit, who was recently appointed as a director in the Narayana Group of Educational Studies along with one of his friends was driving when in order to avoid a pothole, their car crashed into a nearby metro pillar thereby killing the two.
Although investigations are underway and it is too early to ascertain this as a drunk and drive case. However, as per the police authorities, heavy rains and strong destructive winds gusting at a speed of more than 100 kmph that lashed the state capital in the superseding night of Tuesday and Wednesday are at present seems to be the real cause of the accident.
At the time of the incident, the minister was in London and is on way back.
Moreover, on account of these heavy rains, power outages in various parts of the city and electric poles and trees trembling were also reported. The ritzy areas of Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Madhapur, Punjagutta, Ameerpet, Yousufguda, Khairatabad, Begumpet and Secunderabad, were stranded. Many people even wriggled to paddle through knee and waist-deep water in several areas.
As per Skymet Weather, the incessant rains and hailstorms were a result of a trough extending from the central parts of the country across Telangana up to Tamil Nadu. In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Tuesday, Hyderabad recorded a whopping 60.6 mm of rains. Hailstorms were also reported.
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