Three persons lost their lives in separate incidents during the Ganesh immersion in the city. The accidents were reported at the Sanjeevaiah Park stretch, Basheerbagh flyover and at Ibrahimpatnam between 10 pm of Thursday night and 5 am of Friday morning.
At 1:45 a.m. on Friday, Ankila Sharanand, 14, a class VIII student, died after he accidentally slipped off the trolley carrying the Ganesh idol in Ibrahimpatnam. “The procession was heading from Cherlapatelguda village to a nearby local lake when the boy, accompanying his friends and family, accidentally slipped and fell off the vehicle,” said the Inspector of Ibrahimpatnam G. Ramakrishna, and added that he was run over by the rear wheel and succumbed on the spot.
At Sanjeevaiah Park, Praveen, 18, was run over by a trolley carrying idols at 5 a.m. Inspector of Secretariat Police D. Debora said that Praveen was with his friends on the trolley heading towards the Tank Bund when the mishap occurred.
