Woman & her grandson washed away in car, dies

Rajanna-Sircilla: In a unfortunate incident reported from Vemulawada, a woman and her grandson died when a car they were traveling in washed away in a rivulet near Fazulnagar on Sunday morning.

According to police, the car, wherein the victims were traveling to Hyderabad from Jagtial, washed away in flood water as a local rivulet Yellammmagudikaluva was overflowing in the outskirts of Fazulnagar following incessant rainfall since Saturday.

The vehicle was trapped in bushes after washing away for some distance. Alerted local people managed to rescue two persons.

However, Burra Ganga (50) and her grandson Kittu (2) died. Her son Naresh and car driver MD Rizvan were rescued by the local people.

Residents of Chelgal of Jagtial rural mandal, the victims were proceeding to Hyderabad at the time of incident. Ganga was going to Hyderabad as her daughter as well as Kittu's mother was working there.

Knowing about the incident, police rushed the spot and began investigation by registering the case. Bodies were shifted to hospital for post-mortem.