Mahabubnagar: Car hits tree; doctor dies

Hyderabad: Early on Wednesday, on the Srisailam-Hyderabad Highway, near Vithaipalli of Amangal mandal in Mahabubnagar district, there was a road mishap. Dr. Sharath Mohan (40), a civil surgeon at Kalvakurthi government hospital, died on the spot when the car he was travelling by dashed a huge tree. While Dr. Sharath died on the spot, the driver of the car Bala Swamy sustained injuries. The Amnagal police rushed the spot and taken over the dead body and rushed Bala Swamy for treatment to the government hospital at Kalvakurthi. More details are awaited.

These days, mishaps have been on a rise. Let it be a mishap on the road or fire or otherwise, the main reason turns to be the reckless attitude of the people. There is a need to exact the situation so as to prevent the accidents. Surely, if timely preventive measures would have been adopted, most of the accidents could have been avoided. The people need to be educated. Better and wide publicity through the mass media channels may be opted for the same. Entertainment-Education concepts are most befitting in this case and will surely proven effective.