Tragedy struck on Sunday night as a techie drove a car drunk allegedly causing six accidents in a span of six minutes in Hyderabad’s IT corridor leading to loss of a life and injuries to 10 others. Patarla Kranti Kumar was arrested by the Raidurgam Police after he crashed into five vehicles and a pedestrian.
“The first accident occurred at 12.45 a.m. near Mindspace and the last one occurred at 12.51 a.m. The 30-year-old software employee, under the influence of alcohol, was travelling from Jubilee Hills to Nizampet via Madhapur. On his way from Mindspace to Mehdipatnam road in his Volkswagen Polo, he crashed into three bikes, a car, an auto and a pedestrian,” inspector at Raidurgam Police Ch Venkanna said.
His blood alcohol content (BAC) was 530 mg against the legal limit of 30 mg.
