Hyderabad: A lorry carrying poultry feed crashed into a water tanker on Rajiv Rahadari near Gaurayapalli stage in Kondapaka mandal on Saturday, leaving the lorry driver critically injured.
According to locals, the tanker was watering trees on the roadside when the speeding lorry, heading from Hyderabad towards Karimnagar, rammed into it. The impact forced the lorry off the road and into a tree, trapping the driver inside the cabin.
Lorry crashes into tanker while watering roadside trees
The injured driver, identified as Praveen, suffered severe injuries in the crash. Local ambulance staff Mahender and Ramesh from the 108 emergency service rushed to the spot, rescued him from the mangled vehicle, and administered first aid.
They later shifted him to Siddipet Government Hospital, where doctors said his condition was critical.