Techie run over by travels mini bus dies at Gandhi Hospital

HYDERABAD: A software employee, who sustained grievous injuries after being hit by a private travels mini bus on Tank Bund, died while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital on Sunday morning. The ghastly road accident happened in the early hours of Saturday on the Tank Bund Road in Hyderabad.

According to the police, Manoj Kumar was the son of Lakshminarayan and lived with his family in Aliabad, a suburb of Hyderabad. He worked in a software company at Hitech City. In the early hours of Saturday, Manoj finished his night shift work at the office and was heading home on his bike.

Around 5 am, when Manoj was traveling on his bike on the tank bund road, a mini bus of a private travels firm hit him due to the reckless driving of its driver. The mini-bus driver, in the process of dangerously overtaking another vehicle, gave a dash to Manoj’s two-wheeler. Manoj sustained grievous bleeding injuries as he was run over by the bus.

On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and shifted the severely injured techie to Gandhi Hospital for treatment. However, Manoj was reported dead on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, the bus which caused the accident was seized and the driver arrested. The police registered a case and are investigating it further.